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The Madness of Despair

Living in London, far from their Arab homelands, Nafie and his young wife Maliha become good friends with Doctor Nadim, a fellow exile. In the twists and turns of the friendship, the men’™s nostalgia for their old lives ‘“ and their old ways of living ‘“ are in constant conflict with Maliha’™s ambition to live and love freely now she’™s in London. Though ready to throw off the constraints of her arranged marriage at the slightest turn, Maliha is ill-prepared for the fire of emotions that overcomes her, leading to unforeseen consequences for all three. A powerful narrative revealing how psychological suffering and cultural displacement can upset the most ordinary of aspirations for life and loveTranslated by Raphael Cohen

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