{"product_id":"the-hidden-light-of-objects-9781849250856","title":"The Hidden Light of Objects","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young girl, renamed Amerika in honour of the US role in the liberation of Kuwait, finds her name has become a barometer of her country?s growing hostility towards the West. A self-conscious Palestinian teenager is drawn into a botched suicide bombing by two belligerent classmates. A middle-aged man dying from cancer looks back on his extramarital affairs and the abiding forgiveness of his wife. A Kuwaiti woman returns to her family after being held captive in Iraq for a decade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe headlines tell of war, unrest and religious clashes. But if you look beyond them you will see life in the Middle East as it is really lived ? adolescent love, the fragility of marriage, pain of the most quotidian kind. Mai Al-Nakib?s luminous stories unveil the lives of ordinary people ? and the power of objects to hold extraordinary memories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saqi Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043024896343,"sku":"9781849250856","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781849250856.jpg?v=1750956714","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-hidden-light-of-objects-9781849250856","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}