No One Prayed Over Their Graves [electronic resource] : From the prizewinning author of Death Is Hard Work
Khaled Khalifa2023
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"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
HardWork and In Praise of Hatred. ""A soulful and perfectly unsentimental
writer."" Hisham Matar - December, 1907: one morning after a night of drunken
carousing in the city, Hanna and his friend Zakariya return home to their
village near Aleppo-only to discover a scene of tragedy. A devastating flood has
levelled their homes, shops and places of worship, and their neighbours,
families and children are nearly all dead. Their lives will never be the same.
Tracing Hanna's life before and after the flood-when he embarks on a search for
the meaning of life-No One Prayed Over Their Graves is a portrait of a wider
society on the verge of great change; from the provincial village to the
burgeoning modernity of the city, where Christians, Muslims, and Jews live and
work together, united in their love for Aleppo and their dreams f...
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Author:
Khaled Khalifa, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Faber & Faber, 2023
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (450479.0)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780571364664
Language:
English
BRN:
438228
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |