The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine

The Hakawati

Rabih Alameddine

513 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical magical realism adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
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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 inter...

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