Voices of the Lost: Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2019

In "Voices of the Lost," Hoda Barakat explores the lives of six strangers in a war-torn country, revealing their darkest secrets through a chain of dark confessions. The consequences of their words ripple through other lives, affecting strangers in ways the writers could never have anticipated. Barakat's writing is praised for its luminous and haunting quality, and she is considered one of Lebanon's greatest literary gifts.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 208 pages
\n Publication date: 04 February 2021
\n Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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In a unnamed country ravaged by war, six strangers are forced to divulge their deepest darkest secrets. With a pen in hand, each attempts to put into words what they cannot bring themselves to say to the person they love – their mother, father, brother, lost love. Their words form a chain of dark confessions, none of which reach the intended recipient. However, their consequences will reverberate through other lives, impacting strangers in ways the writers could never have foreseen.

Luminous and haunting, Voices of the Lost tells the moving story of characters living on the fringes, battling displacement, poverty, and the demons within themselves. From one of today's most talented Arabic writers, this is the story of lives intimately intertwined in a society that is tearing itself apart.

Hoda Barakat is one of Lebanon's greatest gifts to literature. Amy Bloom, author of White Houses, has said, "Barakat is a writer of extraordinary gifts. Her prose is luminous, her characters are fully realized, and her stories are unforgettable."

\n Weight: 224g\n
Dimension: 144 x 216 x 25 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781786077226\n \n