A blend-genre literary fiction of adventure, war, history, thrill, mystery, and more a grand plot.
THE AMERICAN TRANSLATOR: FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO BATTLEFIELDS IN IRAQ
Second Edition 2026
A Finalist in IAN Book Awards 2025. Long-listed for Katara Prize 2023 (Arabic title: THE AMERICAN WHO READ GILGAMESH).
This literary fiction doesn't recount a bygone Gulf war; rather, it explores enduring cross-cultural issues that persist and escalate, posing existential questions about self/ others, identity/ culture, language/ thoughts, arts/reality. duty/ survival- issues that continue to mount.
Through David's journey:
- Ancient mysteries meet modern complexities.
- Diverse cultures and arts.
- Genre-bending fiction — a blend of mystery, thrill, history, war, adventure, multicultural, quest for meaning and self-discovery.
- Occasional sarcastic humor amidst geopolitics.
- Multilayered story of self and others.
- Lyrical exposition of scenery and feelings.
Join David grappling with existence, language, fate—where translation is lifeline and limit.
Story spans San Francisco, Iraq battlefields, Euphrates/Tigris palm groves, Saudi Arabia’s coastal area and ancient Mesopotamia.
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