The Weight of a Mustard Seed: The Intimate Story of an Iraqi General and His Family During Thirty Years of Tyranny - Tapa blanda

Praise for STORIES I STOLE: "Lovely.Stories I Stole, like the works of Bruce Chatwin or Ryszard Kapuinski, is poised somewhere between memoir and ethnography.The great heart of the book, though, belongs to the people [Steavenson] met." -- Time Out New York

Praise for STORIES I STOLE: "A remarkable first effort from a writer to watch."--Publishers Weekly

"[The Weight of a Mustard Seed] weaves a fascinating account of how good men went terribly wrong... echoing works by Hannah Arendt, Primo Levi and Stanley Milgram. A tenacious attempt to answer the question, 'How do ordinary little human cogs make up a torture machine?'"--Kirkus Reviews

Praise for STORIES I STOLE: "[This] unusual and beautifully worded tale is, mercifully, nothing like the usual foreign correspondent's end-of-term book...[An] accomplished narrative-part travelogue, part love story...When [Steavenson] tells Georgian people's stories, you hear real voices."--The Times (London)

[The Weight of a Mustard Seed] weaves a fascinating account of how good men went terribly wrong echoing works by Hannah Arendt, Primo Levi and Stanley Milgram. A tenacious attempt to answer the question, How do ordinary little human cogs make up a torture machine? --Kirkus Reviews"

Praise for STORIES I STOLE: Lovely Stories I Stole, like the works of Bruce Chatwin or Ryszard Kapu?inski, is poised somewhere between memoir and ethnography The great heart of the book, though, belongs to the people [Steavenson] met. --Time Out New York"

Steavenson is a talented writer and her reconstruction of Sachet s story is staggering in its revelation of a collective psychological trauma that continues to grip a nation. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

Praise for STORIES I STOLE: A remarkable first effort from a writer to watch. --Publishers Weekly"

Praise for STORIES I STOLE: [This] unusual and beautifully worded tale is, mercifully, nothing like the usual foreign correspondent s end-of-term book [An] accomplished narrative-part travelogue, part love story When [Steavenson] tells Georgian people s stories, you hear real voices. --The Times (London)"

"Steavenson is a talented writer and her reconstruction of Sachet's story is staggering in its revelation of a collective psychological trauma that continues to grip a nation."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)