A01=Dania Idriss
Arab
Arabic
Author_Dania Idriss
BIPOC
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diaspora
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folk horror
folklore
French Occupation of Lebanon
girls
great famine of Mount Lebanon
horror
Lebanese
Lebanese civil war
Lebanon
magic realism
Middle East
Muslim
myth
short stories
speculative fiction
women
Product details
- ISBN 9781997534174
- Weight: 240g
- Dimensions: 133 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2026
- Publisher: Freehand Books
- Publication City/Country: CA
- Product Form: Paperback
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Genre-bending and tinged with myth and folklore, these haunting debut stories centre young women at significant points in Lebanese history.
A teenage girl mourns the death of her grandmother, only to feel her grandmother’s spirit possessing her in a way that seems malicious. A family, struggling to make ends meet, receives an unexpected visitor, who has an awful proposal that may be impossible to refuse. A young girl worries that her brother is falling in with the wrong crowd, as civil war breaks out on the streets around them.
The five stories in Tales of the Mountains and the Sea trace pivotal movements in modern Lebanese history and the effects they have on women. As she centres women and the choices that they make, Dania Idriss deftly weaves together history and folktales in a way that is both evocative and chilling. Tales of the Mountains and the Sea is a startling and astonishing debut that navigates the intricate nuances of human experience, cultural identity, family history, and the lasting impacts of war.
Dania Idriss is a Lebanese-Canadian writer and a doctoral student at the University of Calgary. Her research and creative work focus on global literatures, particularly Arabic speculative fiction. She lives in Calgary. Tales of the Mountains and the Sea is her first book.
