No Knives in the Kitchens of This City: A Novel

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Product ID:	9789774167812
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	EG
Title:	No Knives in the Kitchens of This City
Subtitle:	A Novel
Authors:	Author: Khaled Khalifa
Page Count:	256
Subjects:	Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Description:	Select Guide Rating Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature: an eloquent portrayal of life under dictatorship by an acclaimed Syrian writer WINNER OF THE NAQUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATURE In the once beautiful city of Aleppo, one family descends into ruin in this novel from "one of the rising stars of Arab fiction" (New York Times) Irrepressible Sawsan flirts with militias, the ruling party, and finally religion, seeking but never finding salvation. She and her siblings and mother are slowly choked in violence and decay, as their lives are plundered by a brutal regime. Set between the 1960s and 2000s, No Knives in the Kitchens of this City unravels the systems of fear and control under Assad. With eloquence and startling honesty, it speaks of the persecution of a whole society.
Imprint Name:	Hoopoe
Publisher Name:	The American University in Cairo Press
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2016-09-30

Weight	212 g
Dimensions	133 × 205 × 15 mm