The Hakawati
ISBN(EAN) | 9780330456203 |
Издатель |
Picador
(сайт издательства) |
Автор | Alameddine Rabih |
Язык | Английский |
Возрастные ограничения | 16+ |
Рекомендуемый возраст | 16+ |
Формат | Мягкая обложка |
Страницы | 528 |
Год издания | 2008 |
Рейтинг | 4.2 |
Вес (грамм) | 680 |
Размер (мм) | 216(д) х 138(ш) х 39(в) |
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 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 The Hakawati, Rabih Alameddine has given us an Arabian Nights for this century.
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