Vendor
	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories
Biography, Literature & Literary studies

ONE HUNDRED AND ONE NIGHTS

Benjamin Buchholz

Set against the backdrop of war-torn Iraq, former Iraqi expatriate Abu Saheeh endeavors to rebuild his life and free himself from his past.

Abu Saheeh is alone, starting his new life in an unfamiliar city when he meets Layla, a whimsical fourteen year-old girl who enchants him with her love of American pop culture. As he becomes distracted by her stories and settles into the town's rhythm, two sudden developments, involving a powerful merchant and his hot-headed young assistant, reawaken his memories, thrusting him back into his painful past. Even Layla may not be able to save him from careening out of control and endangering all of their lives.

ONE HUNDRED AND ONE NIGHTS is an unforgettable story of love, betrayal, and the struggle for salvation. As a former liaison for the US Army in Safwan, Iraq, Benjamin Buchholz worked closely with the Iraqi people, and his experience has allowed him to vividly render the personal side of the war. His nonfiction book Private Soldiers was published by the Wosconsin Historical Society Press in 2007. He currently lives with his family in Oman.

Available products
Book Published 2011-12-01 by Back Bay Books / Little Brown
Book Published 2011-12-01 by Back Bay Books / Little Brown

Comments

This debut novel is an intimate view of the war in Iraq as seen through the eyes of one deeply troubled man. Beautifully written, it is a complex yet simple tale of friendship and love, betrayal and sacrifice, and hatred and evil. An important glimpse into a world few of us know or understand.

"One Hundred and One Nights is a fearless and seductive piece of ventriloquism by a storyteller in full command of his craft. Written with spare, lyrical prose from the point of view of an Iraqi doctor haunted by violence, this first novel is a spike in the heart, a powerful testimony to the insanity of war and the undeniable demands of love."

"Benjamin Buchholz's brilliant debut offers a powerful look at life in war-torn Iraq. Stocked with finely-drawn characters and political intrigue, One Hundred and One Nights blows down the highway with all the furious momentum of an army convoy while delivering its real prize: a heart-wrenching story of love and loss and redemption."