Beyond Babylon

by Igiaba Scego

Book Overview

Introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri

Recipient of a prestigious 2018 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant

An epic spread across three nations, Beyond Babylon casts a probing, endlessly perceptive eye on the lasting effects of traumas both national and personal. Telling the engrossing lives of two half-sisters who meet coincidentally in Tunisia, their mothers, and the elusive father who ties all their stories together, Igiaba Scego's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931883831
• ISBN13: 9781931883832
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Two Lines Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.0" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10 and higher