June Rain

June Rain (Arabic: مطر حزيران)[1] is a 2006 novel written by Lebanese critic and writer Jabbour Douaihy.

[3][2] The novel has been translated into different languages including, French, Italian, German, and English, and it was shortlisted for the 2008 Booker International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

[6] Paula Haydar's English translation of the novel earned her a second place finish in the 2014 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize.

[8] Ramona Wadi of The New Arab stated that the novel follows several futile trajectories of memory to no resolution, and lamented the use of an "unreliable narrator that seeks to withhold information as he pleases".

"[10] Mona Zaki of Banipal called it rich, complex, beautifully written and "one of the most profound depictions of grief ... one of the most powerful novels on Lebanon.