Bitter Oranges Gulf War art and literature

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He only feels darkness wherever he goes

Thiqah draws the reader into a post-modern mystery where nothing – including the text itself  – is what it seems

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Bitter Oranges Gulf War art and literatureAs the scents of cooking waft through her small apartment in Beirut, our heroine is confronted by memories of the past. They are as much a part of her as the jagged scar on her neck that she dutifully hides, and the invisible scars that mar her soul that she doesnt need to. For three days, she toils. And with the familiar scents, the same as those from the village she left behind, her secrets unfold, drawing a picture of a tumultuous life lived in a