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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Khaled Khalifa , Leri Price , Leri PricePublisher: Thomas Dunne Books Imprint: Thomas Dunne Books Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.494kg ISBN: 9781250052346ISBN 10: 1250052343 Pages: 305 Publication Date: 08 April 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsThis beautiful, powerful, and terrifying novel should be read by anyone trying to understand the crisis in the Middle East today. -- Library Journal A Balzacian tale full of romance and murder that ranges from Afghanistan to Yemen to Syria. -- The New York Times That Khalifa has chosen to profile fanaticism from a feminine perspective, rather than the more predictable 'male martyr', is this book's great innovation. It is a courageous endeavour. -- The Independent (UK) Khaled Khalifa's In Praise of Hatred ...is powerfully seductive in its exploration of hate. -- Egypt Independent Khalifa has now produced a genuinely important novel, even a great novel, the kind of novel that makes us see in patient and exacting detail what the world is really like. -- The New Republic This beautiful, powerful, and terrifying novel should be read by anyone trying to understand the crisis in the Middle East today. -- Library Journal A Balzacian tale full of romance and murder that ranges from Afghanistan to Yemen to Syria. -- The New York Times Given the current situation in Syria, this book could not be more relevant, even though it is set in the 1970s....Add this one to the growing list of thought-provoking novels about Muslim women caught in the crossfire of politics and personal life. -- Booklist That Khalifa has chosen to profile fanaticism from a feminine perspective, rather than the more predictable 'male martyr', is this book's great innovation. It is a courageous endeavour. -- The Independent (UK) Khaled Khalifa's In Praise of Hatred ...is powerfully seductive in its exploration of hate. -- Egypt Independent Khalifa has now produced a genuinely important novel, even a great novel, the kind of novel that makes us see in patient and exacting detail what the world is really like. -- The New Republic Author InformationKhaled Khalifa was born in 1964 near Aleppo, Syria. He is the fifth child of a family of thirteen siblings. He studied law at Aleppo University and actively participated in the foundation of Aleph magazine with a group of writers and poets. A few months later, the magazine was closed down by Syrian censorship. Active on the arts scene in Damascus where he lives, Khalifa has written four novels and also writes screenplays for television and cinema. His most recent novel, No Knives in this City's Kitchens, won the 2013 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |