The hakawati

In 2003, Osama al-Kharrat returns to Beirut after many years in America to stand vigil at his father's deathbed. The city is a shell of the Beirut Osama remembers, but he and his friends and family take solace in the things that have always sustained them: gossip, laughter, and, above all, stories....

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Main Author:	Alameddine, Rabih
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Middle East > Fiction. Storytellers > Fiction.
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