Water on Fire: A Memoir of WarIn this evocative, insightful memoir, a leading voice in Middle Eastern Studies revisits his childhood in war torn Lebanon and his familys fascinating history, coming to terms with trauma and desire. Water on Fire tells a story of immigration that starts in a Beirut devastated by the Lebanese Civil War (197590), continues with experiences of displacement in Europe and Africa, moves to northeastern American towns battered by lake effect snow and

She lives in San Francisco

René Tardi

and being non-binary

sardonic wit

A powerful

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Stephen Ratcliffe

A lone human ambassador is sent to the icebound planet of Winter

A brilliant novella from a legendary figure in American fiction

Simultaneously beautiful

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