The Hakawati
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 hakawati, or storyteller, and his... See More
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(235 reviews)
Quick ViewIn 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 hakawati, or storyteller, and his... See More
(137 reviews)
Quick ViewA gay poet is haunted by war and the AIDs crisis in this "sprawling fever dream of a novel" by the Dos Passos Prize-winning author of An Unnecessary Woman (NPR.org). Set over the course of one night in the waiting room of a... See More
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Quick ViewA happily misanthropic Middle East divorcee finds refuge in books in a "beautiful and absorbing" novel of late-life crisis (The New York Times). Aaliya is a divorced, childless, and reclusively cranky translator in Beirut... See More
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Quick ViewAward-winning writers contribute to a "moving... entertaining... enlightening" collection of essays, each inspired by a historic ACLU case (New York Times). On January 19, 1920, a small group of idealists and visionaries... See More
(221 reviews)
Quick ViewWINNER OF THE 2022 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION By National Book Award and the National Book Critics' Circle Award finalist for An Unnecessary Woman, Rabih Alameddine, comes a transporting new novel about an Arab American... See More
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Quick ViewL'auteur du prix Femina étranger 2016 revient avec un roman brillant et terriblement actuel. " C'est toi qui as suggéré que j'écrive ça. Toi, l'écrivain, tu n'as pas pu. Tu as essayé d'écrire l'histoire du... See More
(16 reviews)
Quick ViewSoprannominata "La Divina" da suo nonno, in omaggio a Sarah Bernhardt, Sarah Nour el-Din, la protagonista del romanzo, è nata a Beirut, e cresce negli anni difficili della guerra civile. Eppure lei non si abbatte, non perde... See More
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Quick ViewUn genio uscito dal calamaio, un imperdibile capolavoro fatto di pura narrazione e capacità di affabulare. Un romanzo senza tempo eppure più attuale che mai. Se vi piacciono le storie coinvolgenti, leggete Hakawati. Se vi... See More
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Quick ViewL'angelo della Storia è quello che guarda al passato mentre una tempesta lo sospinge verso il futuro. L'angelo di questa storia è Jacob, poeta di origini yemenite, che nel corso di una notte nella sala d'attesa di un... See More
(127 reviews)
Quick ViewRoman éblouissant à l'érudition joueuse, célébrant la beauté et la détresse de Beyrouth,Les Vies de papierest une véritable déclaration d'amour à la littérature. Aaliya Saleh, 72 ans, les cheveux bleus, a toujours... See More
(93 reviews)
Quick ViewNamed after the "divine" Sarah Bernhardt, red-haired Sarah Nour El-Din is "wonderful, irresistibly unique, funny, and amazing," raves Amy Tan. Determined to make of her life a work of art, she tries to tell her story... See More
The Spring 2011 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Colm Tóibín. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different and personal visions, aesthetics, and literary... See More
La historia d'una dona que viu per la bona literatura en el convuls Beirut dels darrers anys. Després de l'èxit de L'home que explicava històries, Rabih Alameddine torna a triomfar amb aquesta magnífica novel·la que... See More
(19 reviews)
Quick ViewEsta magnífica novela nos traslada a un viejo apartamento de Beirut en el que se encuentra una mujer, con el pelo teñido de azul, que tiene una apasionante historia que contar. Por el autor de El contador de historias... See More
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Quick ViewMina Simpson e? una dottoressa di origine siriana che vive e lavora da molti anni negli Stati Uniti. Quando la sua amica Emma le chiede di raggiungerla con urgenza a Lesbo per collaborare con la sua ONG nell'emergenza... See More