{"product_id":"red-flour-by-seraj-assi","title":"Red Flour by Seraj Assi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRelease date: October 16, 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Palestinian novel about witnessing a massacre, and worse still, surviving it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResurrected in Heaven, a bewildered survivor of a massacre flashes back to harrowing events unfolding in an unnamed besieged town, a camp ravished by hunger and swollen with displaced people and starving children, where a hopeful euphoria building at a breadline culminates in a tragedy and bleak dissolution. Centered on the theme of hunger, the essence of bread, and the magic of flour in a place on the brink of mass starvation, Red Flour is essentially a love story that takes place in a breadline. \"But can love blossom in a place ravished by hunger?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLanguishing under an unending siege and constant bombardment, the camp soon dwindles into a necropolis where bone-thin children wither away in the arms of hapless parents, dying a most agonizing death, before being loaded hurriedly into waiting wagons and buried in haste. And beyond starvation a flour massacre unfolds, leading to the protagonist's cry: \"Even our bread is massacred, murdered before it's leavened.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a compelling story of death and survival, of bread and roses, in a world in which humanity is at a brink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeraj Assi\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Palestine. He holds a PhD in Arabic Studies from Georgetown University. In addition to \u003ci\u003eRed Flour\u003c\/i\u003e, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eMy Life As An Alien\u003c\/i\u003e (Tartarus Press) and \u003ci\u003eRubble\u003c\/i\u003e (PM Press). His academic publications include \u003ci\u003eThe History and Politics of the Bedouin\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge 2018). He writes for numerous outlets, including \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHaaretz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJacobin Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ethe New Arab\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTruthout\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He teaches Palestinian Literature at American University in Washington. He lives in Washington DC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46152097890364,"sku":null,"price":30.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/9781945335754_cfl.jpg?v=1789165805","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/red-flour-by-seraj-assi","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}