Archive for January 27, 2011
SMALL KINGDOMS by Anastasia Hobbet
In the period right after the first Gulf War, an uneasiness hung all over Kuwait—its residents forever waiting for Saddam Hussein to strike again. As an American expat in the country for five years around that same time period, author Anastasia Hobbet witnessed this unease first hand. It forms a perfect backdrop for her novel, Small Kingdoms, which tells the story of an assorted set of Kuwaiti and American characters.
January 27, 2011
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Judi Clark · 
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Tags: 1990s, Anastasia Hobbet, Around-the-World, Kuwait · Posted in: Class - Race - Gender, Immigration / Diaspora, Middle East, World Literature
