The Hakawati by Alameddine, Rabih

The Hakawati (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307386274)

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Format: Paperback
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The Hakawati by Alameddine, Rabih

The Hakawati

$18.00
The Hakawati by Alameddine, Rabih

The Hakawati

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Rabih Alameddine
ISBN-10: 0307386279
ISBN-13: 9780307386274
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 06/02/2009
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.08h x 5.22w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 06/26/2009 pg. 89
New York Times Book Review 07/26/2009 pg. 16
New York Review of Books 03/25/2010 pg. 27
By Rabih Alameddine
By Rabih Alameddine
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Rabih Alameddine was born in Amman, Jordan to Lebanese parents, and grew up in Kuwait and Lebanon. He was educated in England and America, and has an engineering degree from UCLA and an MBA from the University of San Francisco. He is also the author of the novel Koolaids: Or The Art of War, the story collection, The Perv, and, most recently, I, the Divine: A Novel in First Chapters. His pieces have appeared in Zoetrope, The Evening Standard and Al-Hayat, among others. Mr. Alameddine, a painter as well as an author, has had solo gallery exhibitions in cities throughout the United States, Europe and the Middle East. He has lectured at numerous universities including M.I.T and the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. Mr. Alameddine was the recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship in 2002. He divides his time between San Francisco and Beirut.

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