{"product_id":"beyond-love-9780815609957","title":"Beyond Love","description":"Hussein's starkly beautiful novel \u003ci\u003eBeyond Love\u003c\/i\u003e plunges us into the 1991 Gulf War and its aftermath. Huda, the young woman at the center of the story, experiences the deprivation and humiliation of life in sanctioned Iraq, working in the satirically named al-Amal factory (factory of hope) making men's underwear. While surveillance and fear permeate daily life, Huda dares to vote no in the referendum for Saddam Hussein. This courageous act could have led to her death had she not fled to the closest border, Jordan, where the novel begins. Huda is not alone: Iraqi exiles are legion there, all waiting to be relocated and start new lives. Unable to go home or to feel settled in a foreign city, she struggles to overcome her grief and haunting memories of the war and the Shi'ite uprising. In letters, diaries, and oral stories, Hussein's characters viscerally portray the pain of war and the alienation of exile. Originally published in Arabic in 2003, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Love\u003c\/i\u003e introduces English-language readers to one of the leading voices in Iraqi fiction today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ikram Masmoudi, Hadiya Hussein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.35h x 5.55w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815609957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHadiya Hussein \u003c\/b\u003eis an Iraqi writer who has published many novels and short stories. She currently lives in Canada. \u003ci\u003eBeyond Love \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel published in English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIkram Masmoudi\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Delaware. Her research interests are in language and literature, and she is working on a book project about Iraqi war fiction.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40540921299059,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":22.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_97bc4905-6a91-4696-8cc9-e9c005f6877c.jpg?v=1666791959","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/beyond-love-9780815609957","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}