The Hakawati

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Beschreibung

<p><b>'Stunning'<i> New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><b><br>'Here it comes, the book of the year, on its own magic carpet. No book this bewitching has ever felt so important; no book this important has ever been so lovingly enchanted. <i>The Hakawati </i>is both a snapshot of our current crisis, and a story for the ages. What else can we ask the djinn of literature for?' Andrew Sean Greer, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning <i>Less</i></b><br><br>In 2003, Osama al-Kharrat returns to Beirut after many years in America to stand vigil at his father's deathbed. As the family gathers, stories begin to unfold: Osama's grandfather was a <i>hakawati</i>, or storyteller, and his bewitching tales are interwoven with classic stories of the Middle East. Here are Abraham and Isaac; Ishmael, father of the Arab tribes; the beautiful Fatima; Baybars, the slave prince who vanquished the Crusaders; and a host of mischievous imps. Through Osama, we also enter the world of the contemporary Lebanese men and women whose stories tell a larger, heartbreaking tale of seemingly endless war, conflicted identity, and survival. With <i>The Hakawati</i>, Rabih Alameddine has given us an <i>Arabian Nights</i> for this century.<br><br><b>'Sharp, seductive storytelling' <i>O, The Oprah Magazine</i></b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781472154804

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 123 x 53 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Verlag / Hersteller

Little, Brown Book Group