The Hakawati: An Excerpt
by Rabih Alameddine
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- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Excerpt from Alameddine's 2008 novel, made as a gift for patrons of Inprint's Poets and Writers Ball at the Houston Country Club in February 2009.
Synopsis
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.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5604
- Title
- The Hakawati: An Excerpt
- Author
- Rabih Alameddine
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Inprint & Fiocat Press
- Place of Publication
- Houston
- Date Published
- 2009
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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