• ISBN13: 9780857423252
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Publisher Imprint: Seagull
• Publication Date: May 12, 2016
• Pages: 400
• Original Price: INR 750.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 500 grams

About the Book This acclaimed novel is set during the Lebanese Civil War and offers a rare depiction of women’s experiences amid this sprawling, regiondefining conflict. In Alawiya Sobh’s hands, the details of everyday life mix with female voices from across classes, sects and generations to create an indelible picture of a climate where violence and war are the overt outbreak of a simmering tension that underlies the life in the region. Here, stories struggle to survive the erasure of war and rescue the sweetness of living, trying to connect the tellers and their audience while transforming pain and love into abiding, sustaining art. Rendered sensitively into English through a close collaboration between author and translator, Maryam offers an unforgettable picture of conflict and its costs. About the Author Alawiya Sobh is a writer, journalist and editor of the women’s magazine Al-Hasnaa. Born in Beirut, Sobh studied English & Arabic Literature at the Lebanese University.[2] Upon graduation in 1978, she pursued a career in teaching. She also began publishing articles and short stories, at first in An-Nida newspaper and then in An-Nahar. After a spell as cultural editor, she became editor-in-chief of Al-Hasnaa, a popular Arabic women's magazine, in 1986. In the early 1990s, she became editor-in-chief of women's magazine Snob Al-Hasnaa’ and remains to be its editor-in-chief to date.[3] In 2009, Sobh served on the judging panel of the Beirut39 competition.

Sobh, Alawiya: - Alawiya Sobh is a Lebanese writer, journalist, and editor-in-chief of the women's magazine Al-Hasnaa. She lives in Beirut. Her first novel, Maryam, Keeper of Stories, is also published by Seagull Books. This Thing Called Love was longlisted for the 2010 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

Tanoukhi, Nirvana: - Nirvana Tanoukhi is a translator and critic based in Madison, Wisconsin.