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For westerners, this book provides a rare glimpse into lives surviving the war-torn desperation of Syria. Haunting, sad, and thought-provoking.
The destruction of a city, a country, through the lives of a single family. "No desires, no dreams. No future, no past. These were the principles of happiness which I fervently believed in. I convinced myself that living in the present saved people like me, who were without hope." But it's not really possible to relinquish the past and live in the present in this novel. The past is ever present and there is no escape from it unless that escape is through death. And "death can be as simple and
This was one hell of a read, you cant realy stop reading this book, so much emotions, it kinda me reminds me of Bread Only by Mohamad Shokri
Melancholy family, adapting or resisting change as world crumbles around them in Aleppo. Interesting sketches of history before WWI, and grim atmosphere around the rise of Hafez Al Assad (father of current Bashar). Grief lies like dust over the soul, modernizer and traditionalist alike cannot find their bearings in the post-colonial fog of Middle Eastern politics. Education itself is no beacon of hope: rather it seems to nourish despair, floating about the lost characters. The portrait of
One thing that I think is important to note - most Arabic speaking Goodreads reviewers of this book are consistently rating this book only 1-2 stars. I have to wonder why that is, why they don't like this, what he missed. I would love to know."Cities die, just like people."I, like many Westerners, was drawn to this book because of the events in the most recent years, this complete and utter decimation of a city that was formerly vibrant and diverse. In fact when I got Amazon gift cards for
This book gave me some insights to life in Syria. It sometimes lost me and I had to go back and figure out which person I was reading about. The time line jumped a little which also was confusing.
Khaled Khalifa
Paperback | Pages: 269 pages Rating: 2.89 | 2501 Users | 674 Reviews
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Title | : | لا سكاكين في مطابخ هذه المدينة |
Author | : | Khaled Khalifa |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 269 pages |
Published | : | 2013 by دار العين للنشر |
Categories | : | Novels. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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تغوص الرواية بعمق فى آليات الخوف والتفكك خلال نصف قرن، كما هى رواية عن مجتمع عاش بشكل متواز مع البطش والرغبات المقتولة، عبر سيرة عائلة اكتشفت أن كل أحلامها ماتت وتحولت إلى ركام، كما تحولت جثة الأم إلى خردة يجب التخلص منها ليستمر الآخرون فى العيش.Define Books To لا سكاكين في مطابخ هذه المدينة
Original Title: | لا سكاكين في مطابخ هذه المدينة ISBN13 9789774902222 |
Edition Language: | Arabic |
Literary Awards: | الجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية (أي باف) / International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) Nominee (2014), القائمة الطويلة للجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية (البوكر) for القائمة القصيرة للجائزة العالمية للرواية العرية (البوكر ) (2014), جائزة نجيب محفوظ للأدب (Naguib Mahfouz Award for Literature) (2013) |
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beautiful. I long for the anonymity of the narrator, for the past Aleppo that Khalifa describes.For westerners, this book provides a rare glimpse into lives surviving the war-torn desperation of Syria. Haunting, sad, and thought-provoking.
The destruction of a city, a country, through the lives of a single family. "No desires, no dreams. No future, no past. These were the principles of happiness which I fervently believed in. I convinced myself that living in the present saved people like me, who were without hope." But it's not really possible to relinquish the past and live in the present in this novel. The past is ever present and there is no escape from it unless that escape is through death. And "death can be as simple and
This was one hell of a read, you cant realy stop reading this book, so much emotions, it kinda me reminds me of Bread Only by Mohamad Shokri
Melancholy family, adapting or resisting change as world crumbles around them in Aleppo. Interesting sketches of history before WWI, and grim atmosphere around the rise of Hafez Al Assad (father of current Bashar). Grief lies like dust over the soul, modernizer and traditionalist alike cannot find their bearings in the post-colonial fog of Middle Eastern politics. Education itself is no beacon of hope: rather it seems to nourish despair, floating about the lost characters. The portrait of
One thing that I think is important to note - most Arabic speaking Goodreads reviewers of this book are consistently rating this book only 1-2 stars. I have to wonder why that is, why they don't like this, what he missed. I would love to know."Cities die, just like people."I, like many Westerners, was drawn to this book because of the events in the most recent years, this complete and utter decimation of a city that was formerly vibrant and diverse. In fact when I got Amazon gift cards for
This book gave me some insights to life in Syria. It sometimes lost me and I had to go back and figure out which person I was reading about. The time line jumped a little which also was confusing.
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