Confessions

By Rabee Jaber and Rabee Jaber (ربيع جابر)

Book Overview

During the violence and chaos of the Lebanese Civil War, a car pulls up to a roadblock on a narrow side street in Beirut. After a brief and confused exchange, several rounds of bullets are fired into the car, killing everyone inside except for a small boy of four or five. The boy is taken to the hospital, adopted by one of the assassins, and raised in a new family. "My father used to kidnap and kill people ..." begins this haunting tale of a child who was raised by the murderer of his real family. The narrator of Confessions doesn't shy away from the horrible truth of his murderous father--instead he confronts his troubled upbringing and seeks to understand the distortions and complexities of his memories, his war-torn country, and the quiet war that rages inside of him.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811220672
• ISBN13: 9780811220675
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.9"