{"product_id":"this-side-of-innocence-rachid-al-daif-9781566563833","title":"This Side of Innocence","description":"\"'Who tore down the picture?' That is the whole story, from A to Z. They wanted to know who tore down the picture.\" So opens Rashid Al-Daif's This Side of Innocence, the story of one man's run-in with the secret police of his unnamed, war-torn country. In ironic contrast with Al-Daif's typically clear and frank literary style, this unreliable, \"innocent\" narrator relates much more than an A-to-Z tale. The novel's real story is about the deeply obscure events of a personal encounter with tyranny--the tyranny of the instability and chaos of a country at war with itself and consequently preyed upon by internal and external forces. In the end, we are left with the story of how one man (or country) can innocently invent his own executioner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachid Al-Daif\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1566563836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566563833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Interlink Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.29w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e IndieFab awards - Second Place\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2001 pg. 900","brand":"Rachid Al-Daif","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46838324396287,"sku":"9781566563833","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2f0a0c6-b986-49d9-ada9-c5ac5ca31de1.jpg?v=1746589474","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-side-of-innocence-rachid-al-daif-9781566563833","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}