"This Life or the Next" (Vitanza)

Eerily, you'll never think of a suicide belt the same way again. A former jihadist, Tariq tells his own story from prison in his native Norway. That he took part in the Syrian War is too taboo a consideration to sway public opinion, so he's declined an appeal of his prison sentence. This Life or the Next may well be a novelty for readers in the United States. 

A book review of This Life or the Next (Demian Vitanza) (Tanya Thresher, translator)

Recommender/Reference: Amazon Crossing Read the World, 2019

Originally published to my previous website on the date above.

"This Life or the Next" (Courtesy of Amazon Crossing)

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Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find dozens of her reviews, including one on This Life or the Next by Demian Vitanza, at landturn.com/reviews.

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