The hakawati
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
ISBN
9780307266798, 0307266796, 9780307386274, 0307386279
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Format
Book
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513 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780307266798, 0307266796, 9780307386274, 0307386279

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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. Osama's grandfather was a hakawati, or storyteller, and his bewitching stories--of his arrival in Lebanon, an orphan of the Turkish wars, and of how he earned the name al-Kharrat, the fibster--are interwoven with classic tales of the Middle East, stunningly reimagined. Here are Abraham and Isaac; Ishmael, father of the Arab tribes; the ancient, fabled Fatima; and Baybars, the slave prince who vanquished the Crusaders. Here, too, are contemporary Lebanese whose stories tell a larger, heartbreaking tale of seemingly endless war--and of survival.--From publisher description.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Alameddine, R. (2008). The hakawati (First edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alameddine, Rabih. 2008. The Hakawati. Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alameddine, Rabih. The Hakawati Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Alameddine, Rabih. The Hakawati First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

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