
Silence is a Sense
by Layla AlAmmar
Title:
Silence is a Sense
Author:
Layla AlAmmar
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
256 pages
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN-13:
9780008346690
EAN:
9780008346690
Publication Date:
20/01/2022
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
300
Dimensions (mm):
186 x 230 x 18
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
A SUNDAY TIMES STYLE RECOMMEND‘Lyrical, moving, revealing’TRACY CHEVALIER‘Brilliant’ NIKITA LALWANI‘Such beautiful writing… A little bit Rear Window, a little bit Home Fire, a little bit Shameless. I loved it'' LOUISA YOUNG‘Daring and devastating’ FIONA MOZLEYA young woman spends her days watching the neighbours through their windows. She is a refugee, who has seen the failure of the Arab Spring in her homeland and who has been traumatized into silence by her brutal journey from Syria to Britain.As an outsider, a mute voyeur, she sees everything, she hears everything: the love, the fighting, the families, the secrets, the lies, the sex, the shame. Slowly drawn into the community that surrounds her, she begins to come to terms with all she has lost. After a brutal attack on the local mosque, she realises she is the only witness to the truth behind the violence. But will she finally speak of all she''s seen?Rear Window meets Exit West, this beautifully written novel tells the powerful story of one woman’s trauma and her gradual healing.











