Hakawati

From a brilliantly inventive storyteller, this exuberant novel is an Arabian Nights for our time. The Hakawati is a kaleidoscopic novel that captures all the stories and myths of the Middle East. Intertwining the history of Osama al-Kharrat and his family with the knowledge passed down to him through his hakawati - or storyteller - grandfather, the tales form a dazzling picture of the region, past and present - both mythic and painfully real. Born in Beirut, living in San Francisco, Alameddine not only spans both Western and Middle-Eastern culture, but does so as one of the most mischevious and inventive writers at work

Product details

• Authors: Rabih Alameddine
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2011
• EAN: 9780330456203
• ISBN: 978-0-330-45620-3
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 37 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Libanesische SchriftstellerInnen: Werke (div.)