Behind the Sun, (Paperback)

<p><b>From the author of <i>What Have You Left Behind?</i> comes a novel about forced disappearances in Yemen.</b></p><p>An experimental work of historical fiction told in polyphonic monologues, <i>Behind the Sun</i> is set around 2010, with flashbacks to 1994, taking in the transition from an Imam-led government to socialism prevailing in the south, and then the civil war, with a particular focus on unexplained disappearances of those who opposed the majoritarian political power at any time.</p><p>The story is told from the perspectives of three characters: Yousef, a political prisoner whose present-day mental instability is the result of torture; Yahya, an army officer who guards Yousef in prison; and Yahya's unnamed wife, a teacher and aspiring writer, who was forced to marry Yahya after her father was abducted. Her attempts to escape her lonely situation by having a child is thwarted by ovarian cancer, and she finally decides to seek refuge in Egypt.</p><p>Through flashbacks and present-day monologues of each character, the tumultuous history of Yemen is pieced together, almost reflecting the attempted piecing together of each character's broken self.</p><br>

• Behind the Sun, (Paperback)
• Author: Tilted Axis Press
• ISBN: 9781917126151
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2027-03-16
• Page Count: 210