The Hakawati [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
by Alameddine, Rabih
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- 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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- 4959
- Title
- The Hakawati [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
- Author
- Alameddine, Rabih
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0307266796
- ISBN 13
- 9780307266798
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 528
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