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Hayet Raies A short story Azrael and the Author
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Midcentury Karen McNeil Hayet Raies A short story'I can't begin to say what brought me here,' confesses the narrator of Midcentury, a verse novella set in Ireland in the nineteen forties. Rich in historical insight, this multi layered narrative probes the mind and heart of an American lexicographer, down on his luck, who finds solace in the Irish landscape and a respite in Ireland's wartime neutrality. Seeking definitions in a culture which resists them, he discovers in Irish history a refraction of
