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Khaled Khalifa - No Knives in the Kitchens of This City: A Novel - 9789774167812 - V9789774167812
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No Knives in the Kitchens of This City: A Novel

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Description for No Knives in the Kitchens of This City: A Novel Paperback. Translator(s): Price, Leri. BIC Classification: FA; FHP; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 205 x 23. Weight in Grams: 216.
In the once beautiful city of Aleppo, one Syrian family collapses into tragedy and ruin. The mother, abandoned by her husband, struggles to raise her children alone. Her daughter Sawsan flirts with the militias, the ruling party, and finally religion, seeking but never finding salvation. All are slowly choked in the fog of violence and decay, as their lives are plundered and their dreams wrecked by the brutal Assad regime. Set between the 1960s and 2000s, No Knives in the Kitchens of this City is a graceful and profound depiction of life under tyranny. Through the story of a single ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774167812
SKU
V9789774167812
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About Khaled Khalifa
Khaled Khalifa was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1964. A founding editor of the literary magazine Alif, he is the author of four novels, including In Praise of Hatred. He has also written numerous scripts for TV dramas and films, several of which have won awards, and screenplays for several feature films. No Knives in the Kitchens of This City ... Read more

Reviews for No Knives in the Kitchens of This City: A Novel
Khaled Khalifa writes about his native city with sensuality and an almost feral intensity . . . . No Knives in the Kitchens of This City offers a glimpse into how terrified and empty of hope the people of a city must be to rise up in revolt. The future offers them nothing. It is a castle of closed doors. ... Read more

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