No One Prayed Over Their Graves
Autor Khaled Khalifaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 iul 2024
A sweeping tale of life and death, set in the Syrian capital at the turn of the twentieth century from the International prize winning author of Death is Hard Work and In Praise of Hatred. "A soulful and perfectly unsentimental writer."
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1250872871
Pagini: 418
Dimensiuni: 137 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Picador Paper
Notă biografică
Khaled Khalifa (1964-2023) was born near Aleppo, Syria, the fifth child of a family of thirteen siblings. He studied law at Aleppo University and actively participated in the foundation of Aleph magazine with a group of writers and poets. A few months later, the magazine was closed down by Syrian censorship. Active in the arts scene in Damascus where he lived, Khalifa was a writer of screenplays for television and cinema as well as novels that explore Syrian history. His 2019 novel Death Is Hard Work was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Leri Price is the translator of Khaled Khalifa's Death Is Hard Work, In Praise of Hatred, and No Knives in the Kitchens of This City, as well as literature from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Syria, and Saudi Arabia.