Etel Adnan

Fiction. Translated from the French by Georgina Kleege. SITT MARIE ROSE, an SPD bestseller, is the story of a woman abducted by militiamen during the civil war in Lebanon. Already a classic of war literature, it won the France-Pays Arabes award in Paris and has been translated into six languages.

A Novel

Sitt Marie Rose

Lamia Hajani

I really enjoyed this book -- once I figured out the structure. Adnan divides each chapter up into a different voice in Part II of this book. Although this was easy to figure out, some voices I could not figure out until I looked them up. Once I did know, however, this book became hauntingly beautiful. It is not a happy ending book -- it is groundingly realistic and instills a feeling in you that lasts long after the last page. 

I would recommend this book to anyone for a quick read. Although clearly catering to a certain viewpoint, I found this book to be very good, albeit sometimes confusing. I also did not like how some of the paragraphs were very long and could not hold my attention (although the book is fairly short).

Sitt Marie Rose A Novel

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