Release Date: 15th October 2014 ISBN: 9780292763074 Dimensions: 140 x 216 Pages: 200 Series Rashid al-Daif’s provocative novel Who’s Afraid of Meryl Streep? takes an intimate look at the life of a recently married Lebanese man. Rashoud and his wife struggle as they work to negotiate not only their personal differences but also rapidly changing…
Arabia Books Price: £7.99 Publication Date: 2009-10-01 ISBN: 9781906697211 Format: Paperback Pages: 161 No matter how hard Rachid tries to recreate himself, to become educated and wordly – to ‘learn English’ – it is impossible for this hip Beiruti with his cell phone and high-speed internet to sever the connection to his past in the Lebanese…
Actes Sud ISBN: 274273581X Pages: 182 Price: 17,90 € Sur la grand-place de Zghorta, samedi, peu après midi, monsieur Hamad E.D., soixante ans environ, a trouvé la mort à la suite d’une vengeance entre familles rivales. C’est par le journal et par hasard, dans un café à Beyrouth, que le narrateur apprend la mort de…
Book Price: $12.95 ISBN: 1-56656-383-6 ’Who tore down the picture?’ That is the whole story, from A to Z. They wanted to know who tore down the picture. So opens Rachid Al-Daif’s This Side of Innocence, the story of one man’s run-in with the secret police of his unnamed, war-torn country. In ironic contrast with…
AMAM-Toulouse Broché Bilingue français-arabe Traduction et commentaire par Edgard Weber, enseignant et chercheur à l’Université de Toulouse Le Mirail. Version Arabe
Rede gegen Rede. Beirut – Berlin Klappentext aus dem Arabischen von Günter Orth. Mit einem Nachwort von Joachim Sartorius. Der libanesische Autor schreibt ein Protokoll, dessen Gegenstand sein deutscher Kollege ist – und zwar als Privatperson. Er kommentiert dessen gleichgeschlechtliche Lebensweise, beschreibt Ansichten zu Sexualität, Liebe und Moral, die ihm fremd sind. Der deutsche Autor…
Release Date: 15th January 2015 ISBN: 9780292763104 Dimensions: 140 x 216 Pages: 300 Series In 2003, Lebanese writer Rashid al-Daif spent several weeks in Germany as part of the “West-East Divan” program, a cultural exchange effort meant to improve mutual awareness of German and Middle Eastern cultures. He was paired with German author Joachim Helfer,…
Actes Sud ISBN: 2868697844 Pages: 135 Price: 14,60 € Tantôt reclus, se débattant contre ceux qui investissent son domicile, tantôt fuyant, cherchant son salut dans un improbable passage au crépuscule, obsessionnellement, à Beyrouth, un homme bascule dans le labyrinthe du cauchemar. Telle est en effet la vision – presque une hallucination – que nous propose…
ISBN: 0292705077 Price: $12.95 The narrative focuses on the deranged, destabilized, confused, and hyper-perceptive state of mind created by living on the scene through a lengthy war. The story is filled with details that transcend the willed narcissism of the main character, while giving clues to the culture of the time. It is excellent fiction,…
Actes Sud Edição/reimpressão: 2008 Editor: Europress ISBN: 9789725592922 Depois de um acidente, o narrador recupera, pouco a pouco, a memória, lembrando-se de que o seu carro chocou contra um poste de electricidade e que, no momento do embate, falava ao telefone com a sua namorada, Leila. Na verdade, desde que comprara, ao seu amigo Rafic,…
