{"product_id":"planet-of-clay-9781642861013","title":"Planet of Clay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Brave, rebellious and passionate ... Yazbek is no ordinary Syrian dissident.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The Syrian writer Samar Yazbek evokes the horror of civil war with gripping lucidity.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRima, a young girl from Damascus, longs to walk, to be free to follow the will of her feet, but instead is perpetually constrained. Rima finds refuge in a fantasy world full of colored crayons, secret planets, and The Little Prince, reciting passages of the Qur'an like a mantra as everything and everyone around her is blown to bits. Since Rima hardly ever speaks, people think she's crazy, but she is no fool--the madness is in the battered city around her. One day while taking a bus through Damascus, a soldier opens fire and her mother is killed. Rima, wounded, is taken to a military hospital before her brother leads her to the besieged area of Ghouta--where, between bombings, she writes her story. In \u003ci\u003ePlanet of Clay\u003c\/i\u003e, Samar Yazbek offers a surreal depiction of the horrors taking place in Syria, in vivid and poetic language and with a sharp eye for detail and beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e World Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642861013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samar Yazbek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40721469407413,"sku":"9781642861013","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b1645cb3-62d2-47fd-8fff-cbbe51c29d25.jpg?v=1628606756","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/planet-of-clay-9781642861013","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}