The Hakawati, Paperback
Descriere
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.
Despre autor
Rabih Alameddine este un pictor și scriitor libanez. Romanul său din 2021, The Wrong End of the Telescope, a câștigat Premiul PEN/Faulkner pentru Ficțiune în 2022. A câștigat, de asemenea, Premiul National Book Award pentru Ficțiune în 2025 pentru romanul său The True True Story of Raja the Gullible.
