{"product_id":"the-silence-and-the-roar-paperback","title":"The Silence and the Roar - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNihad Sirees\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable in English for the first time, \u003ci\u003eThe Silence and the Roar\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny, sexy, dystopian novel about the struggle of an individual over tyranny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Silence and the Roar\u003c\/i\u003e follows a day in the life of Fathi Sheen, an author banned from publishing because he refuses to write propaganda for the ruling government. The entire populace has mobilized to celebrate the twenty-year anniversary of the reigning despot in this unnamed Middle eastern country. The heat is oppressive and loudspeakers blare as an endless parade takes over the streets. Desperate to get away from the noise and the zombie-like masses, Fathi leaves his house to visit his mother and his girlfriend, but en route stops to help a student who is being beaten by the police. Fathi's iD papers are confiscated and he is told to report to the police station before night falls. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Fathi turns himself in, he is led from one department to another in an ever-widening bureaucratic labyrinth. His only weapon against the irrationality of the government employees is his sense of irony. Tinged with a Kafkaesque sense of the absurd, \u003ci\u003eThe Silence and the Roar\u003c\/i\u003e explores what it means to be truly free in mind and body.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNihad Sirees\u003c\/b\u003e is a civil engineer who was born in the ancient Syrian city of Aleppo in 1950. His other novels include \u003ci\u003eCancer, The North Winds, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Case of Passion\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written several plays and television dramas, the latest of which, \u003ci\u003eAl Khait Al Abiadh\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe First Gleam of Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e), provides a frank depiction of the country's government controlled media and has been wildly acclaimed for its boldness and controversial nature. Branded an opponent of the government, publication of several of his works was forbidden by government censors. His subsequent novels were published abroad. He left Syria in January, 2012, to avoid Syrian security services. Since that time he has lived in self-imposed exile in Cairo, Egypt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Weiss\u003c\/b\u003e is an Assistant Professor of History and Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of Sectarianism: Law, Shi`ism, and the Making of Modern Lebanon\u003c\/i\u003e, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eFacing Fear: The History of an Emotion in Global Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e and translator, most recently, of Hassouna Mosbahi, \u003ci\u003eA Tunisian Tale\u003c\/i\u003e and Samar Yazbek, \u003ci\u003eA Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 7.74 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247076622585,"sku":"9781590516454","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZlN5SG1lZGcvTkE4Ti9hSWF2TDlkdz09.webp?v=1768620852","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-silence-and-the-roar-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}