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White carnations 101 tales from war-torn Syria

"In White Carnations, the legendary Syrian fiction writer Musa Rahum Abbas presents 101 short prose selections that sketch life inside and outside Syria during the revolution that began in 2011. The prose in White Carnations is etched, distilled, essential. It recalls curious fables from distant for...

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Main Author: ʻAbbās, Mūsá Raḥūm (Author)
Other Authors: Ḥālūl, Mūsá (Translator), Dhahir, Sanna, 1950- (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Arabic
Published: Seattle : Cune Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
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Syria > History > Civil War, 2011- > Fiction.
Syria > History > Civil War, 2011- > Refugees > Fiction.
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Summary:"In White Carnations, the legendary Syrian fiction writer Musa Rahum Abbas presents 101 short prose selections that sketch life inside and outside Syria during the revolution that began in 2011. The prose in White Carnations is etched, distilled, essential. It recalls curious fables from distant foreign lands delicious vignettes and anecdotes crossed with the most absurd and horrific headlines of the Syrian revolution crossed with the furious efforts of non-poor Syrians who have escaped for a few weeks or forever and are burrowing into normal lives in the modern world . . . utterly unable to release the memories of pain and cruelty"--
Physical Description:132 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:9781951082024
1951082028
Author Notes:Musa Rahum Abbas is a highly regarded Syrian poet, fiction writer, and academic who has the freedom to speak the truth about Syria, since he has lived for many years in Saudi Arabia where he works as a scholar and fiction writer. He is the author of a volume of poetry (al-Afilun), a novel (Bilan), and a collection of short stories (Buruq Ala Thuqub Sawda). Musa Al-Halool is a scholar, translator, and writer from Syria who has lived in Amman and now is based at Taif University in Saudi Arabia. He has translated to or from Arabic about 40 books. Musa Al-Halool and Sanna Dhahir translated from Arabic White Carnations, a collection of short stories about the Syrian revolution by Musa Rahum Abbas (also in the Cune Classics catalog).

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