The Hakawati
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| Management number | 237161716 | Release Date | 2026/07/10 | List Price | $4.19 | Model Number | 237161716 | ||
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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. Read more
| ASIN | B0017L8N5U |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-0307269270 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| File size | 1.0 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Anchor |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 530 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | April 15, 2008 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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