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Fuad Al-Takarli - The Long Way Back: Fuad Al-Takarli - A Modern Arabic Novel - 9789774160929 - V9789774160929
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The Long Way Back: Fuad Al-Takarli - A Modern Arabic Novel

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Description for The Long Way Back: Fuad Al-Takarli - A Modern Arabic Novel Paperback. Tells the story of four generations of the same family living in an old house in the Bab al-Shaykh district of Baghdad. In this book, their private conflicts and passions are set against the wider drama of events leading up to the overthrow of prime minister Abd al-Karim Qasim and the rise of the Baath party in Iraq. Translator(s): Cobham, Catherine. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 122 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.

The Long Way Back tells the story of four generations of the same family living in an old house in the Bab al-Shaykh area of Baghdad. Through exquisite layering of the overlapping worlds of the characters, their private conflicts and passions are set against the wider drama of events leading up to the overthrow of prime minister Abd al-Karim Qasim and the initial steps to power of the Baath party in Iraq in 1962-63.
The skilful building-up of the characters and their worlds within a brief and clearly determined period of recent history allows for a bold and intelligent portrayal ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774160929
SKU
V9789774160929
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99-15

About Fuad Al-Takarli
Fuad al-Takarli was born in Baghdad and graduated in law from Baghdad University in 1949. He worked in the Ministry of Justice, was made a judge in 1956, and rose to be head of the Court of Appeal in Baghdad. In 1983 he resigned from this post to devote himself to writing. He studied law in Paris from 1964 to ... Read more

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