The Hakawati
by Alameddine, Rabih
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- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0307266796
- ISBN 13
- 9780307266798
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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
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GRP57895459
- Title
- The Hakawati
- Author
- Alameddine, Rabih
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0307266796
- ISBN 13
- 9780307266798
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- April 22, 2008
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