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Anchor
June 2009
On Sale: June 2, 2009
528 pages
ISBN: 0307386279
EAN: 9780307386274
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Non-Fiction
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.
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