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In this new novel by Syria\u2019s most prominent writer of the National Book Award &#8220;Finalist Planet of Clay,&#8221; a wounded nineteen-year-old soldier in the Syrian Army remembers his life lived in the traditional Alawite way.<\/p>\n<p>In this new novel by Syria\u2019s most prominent writer of the National Book Award Finalist\u00a0<i>Planet of Clay<\/i>, a wounded nineteen-year-old soldier in the Syrian Army remembers his life lived in the traditional Alawite way.<\/p>\n<p>Ali, a nineteen-year-old soldier in the Syrian army, lies on the ground beneath a tree. He sees a body being lowered into a hole\u2013is this his funeral? There was that sudden explosion, wasn\u2019t there \u2026 While trying to understand the extend of the damage, Ali works his way closer to the tree. His ultimate desire is to fly up to one of its branches, to safety. Through rich vignettes of Ali\u2019s memories, we uncover the hardships of his traditional Syrian Alawite village, but also the richness and beauty of its cultural and religious heritage. Yazbek here explores the secrets of the Alawite faith and its relationship to nature and the elements in a tight poetic novel dense with life and hope and love.<\/p>\n<p>Published by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/worldeditions.org\/product\/where-the-wind-calls-home\/\">World Editions<\/a>. Translated by Leri Price.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZ0rdOyprzMoGNLEXFoDCy77HhGoS5fbjpYS\"><strong>RSVP here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the author: <\/strong><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Samar Yazbek<\/strong> is a Syrian writer and journalist. She was born in Jableh, Syria, near Latakia, in 1970, and studied Arabic literature at Latakia university.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Yazbek has been a prominent voice in support of human rights and more specifically women&#8217;s rights in Syria. In 2012, she launched Women Now for Development, an NGO based in France that aims at empowering Syrian women economically and socially and at educating children.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In 2010, Yazbek was selected as one of the 39 most promising authors under the age of 40, by Beirut39, a contest organized by the Hay Festival. In 2011, she took part in the popular uprising against the Assad regime, and was forced to exile a few months later. In 2012, she was chosen for the prestigious PEN\/Pinter Prize &#8220;International writer of courage&#8221;, in recognition of her book \u201cIn the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution\u201d. She was also awarded the Swedish Tucholsky Prize, and the Dutch Oxfam\/PEN Prize, in the following year. In 2016 Yazbek\u2019s literary narrative \u201cThe Crossing\u201d was awarded the prestigious French \u201cBest Foreign Book\u201d prize. Her novel, \u201cThe blue pen\u201d, was in the third and final selection of the French Femina award, and was shortlisted to the National Book Award, New York under the title \u201cPlanet of Clay\u201d in 2021.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In 2019, Samar Yazbek was attributed the honorary citizenship by the City of Palermo. And in 2022, Yazbek was chosen by the Royal Society of Literature as one of its 12 International W1riters, along with Anne Carson, Maryse Cond\u00e9, Yoko Ogawa and Juan Gabriel Vasquez, among others, thereby joining the 12 inaugural awardees of 2021, including Annie Ernaux, David Grossman, Amin Maalouf and Olga Tokarczuk. The RSL international Writers program is an award recognizing the contribution of writers across the globe, celebrating the power of literature to transcend boundaries. New writers are invited to join the program each year.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Yazbek has published two collections of short stories, seven novels, four non-fiction literary narratives. Samar Yazbek lives in France. Her books have been translated in over twenty languages.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>About the translator: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leri Price<\/strong> is an award-winning literary translator of contemporary Arabic fiction. She has twice been a Finalist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, in 2021 for her translations of Samar Yazbek\u2019s Planet of Clay, and in 2019 for Khaled Khalifa\u2019s Death is Hard Work. 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