Just Like River (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781566564755)

Thought by many Syrians to be the most influential novel of its time, this first novel of Muhammad Kamil al-Khatib is a riveting examination of Syrian political and social life during the 1980s. With a multi-voiced narration carried, like a river, from one voice to another, al-Khatib paints concise, vivid portraits of a disparate group of people in Damascus, ranging from an older officer in the Syrian army, to a university student coming to terms with her sexuality in a traditional context, to a British Orientalist on sabbatical, to a disillusioned activist who must reconcile his ideals with the realities of war and city life. Though the particularities of the explored lives may be quintessentially Syrian, the struggle between the generations, between men and women, between country and city, and between victor and vanquished are international in scope.

Author: Muhammad Kamil Al-Khatib
ISBN-10: 1566564751
ISBN-13: 9781566564755
Publisher: Interlink Books
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2002
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.32w x 0.34d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2003 pg. 269
Booklist 03/01/2003 pg. 1145