The attack
By: Yasmina Khadra ; translated from the French by John Cullen
Contributors: Cullen, John, 1942-
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Ulverscroft
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781846177835
Subjects: Suicide bombings; Fiction; Arab-Israeli conflict; Algerian fiction (French); Translations into English
Work titles: Attentat
Description: Dr. Amin Jaafie, an Israeli Arab, is a surgeon at a hospital in Tel Aviv. Dedicated to his work, respected and admired by his colleagues and community, he represents integration at its most successful. He has learned to live with the violence and chaos that plague his city, and on the night of a deadly bombing in a local restaurant, he works tirelessly to help the shocked and shattered patients brought to the emergency room. But this night of turmoil and death takes a horrifyingly personal turn. His wife's body is found among the dead, with massive injuries, the police coldly announce, typical of those found on the bodies of fundamentalist suicide bombers. As evidence mounts that his wife, Sihem, was responsible for the catastrophic bombing, Dr. Jaafie is torn between cherished memories of their years together and the inescapable realization that the beautiful, intelligent, thoroughly modern woman he loved had a life far removed from their comfortable, assimilated existence together. -- Back cover.
Notes: "Complete and unabridged."

"First published in Great Britain in 2006 by William Heinemann, London"--Title page verso.

This translation originally published: London: William Heinemann, 2006.