Sophia - Or the Beginning of All Tales

Translation of: Sophia, oder, Der Anfang aller Geschichten

About the author

Rafik Schami was born in Damascus in 1946, went to Germany in 1971 to study, and stayed on to become a leading German novelist and a pivotal figure in the European migrant literature movement. His novels have been translated into 22 languages and have received numerous international literary awards including the Hermann Hesse Prize. His translated works published by Interlink include Damascus Nights, The Calligrapher’s Secret, A Hand Full of Stars, Sophia, and The Dark Side of Love, which received a starred review in Publishers Weekly and was a 2010 Winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal.

Summary

A MASTERPIECE FROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF THE DARK SIDE OF LOVE -- A murder in Damascus, a love with the power to save a young mans life In his latest novel, Rafik Schami ventures to the land of his childhood, where he is now unable to safely return: Syria.

Product details

• Authors: Rafik Schami, Rafik/ Arav Schami
• Assisted by: Monique Arav (Translation), John Hannon (Translation)
• Publisher: Interlink pub group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781566560313
• ISBN: 978-1-56656-031-3
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 216 mm x 28 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature