Hélène Cardona Instagram – Check out the book trailer for The Abduction, my translation of @masri.maramal 😘
The Abduction refers to an autobiographical event in Maram Al-Masri’s life.
When, as a young Arab woman living in France, she decides to separate from her husband with whom she has a child, the father kidnaps the baby and returns to Syria. Al-Masri won’t see her son for thirteen years.
This is the story of a woman denied the basic right to raise her child.
These are haunting, spellbinding poems of love, despair, and hope, a delicate, profound and powerful book on intimacy, a mother’s rights, war, exile, and freedom. Maram Al-Masri embodies the voice of all parents, who one day, for whatever the reason, have been forcibly separated from their loved ones.
She writes about the status of women, seeking to reconcile her role as a mother with her writing work.
Thank you Gloria Mindock @cervenabarva for the trailer, @villa.albertine for the Albertine and FACE Foundation Grant, and #whitepinepress 🥰
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#autobiography | Posted on 21/Apr/2023 00:27:34
