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In praise of hatred / Khaled Khalifa ; translated from the Arabic by Leri Price.
- Title
- In praise of hatred / Khaled Khalifa ; translated from the Arabic by Leri Price.
- Author
- Khalīfah, Khālid, 1964-2023
- Publication
- London : Doubleday, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PJ7842.H29367 M3313 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Price, Leri
- Description
- xvi, 299 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 1980s Syria, our young narrator is living a secluded life behind the veil in the vast and perfumed house of her grandparents in Aleppo. Her three aunts, Maryam the pious one; Safaa, the liberal; and the free-spirited Marwa, bring her up with the aid of their ever-devoted blind servant. Soon the high walls of the family home are unable to protect her from the social and political changes outside. Witnessing the crackdowns of the ruling dictatorship against Muslims, she is filled with hatred for her oppressors, and becomes increasingly fundamentalist. In the footsteps of her beloved uncle Bakr, she takes on the party, launching herself into a fight for her religion, her country, and ultimately, her own future. On a backdrop of real-life events that occurred during the Syrian regime's ruthless suppression of the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1980s, "In Praise Of Hatred" is a stirring, sensual story. Its elegant use of traditional, layered storytelling is a powerful echo of the modern-day tragedy that is now taking place in the Middle East.
- Uniform Title
- Madīḥ al-karāhīyah. English
- Alternative Title
- Madīḥ al-karāhīyah.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- Novels
- Language (note)
- Translated from the Arabic.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- "Censored by the state: the famous novel that was banned in Syria" -- cover. -"Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction". -As one prominent Aleppo family's fortunes wane, the young daughter moves in to the home of her maternal grandfather -- a beautiful house with three generations of secrets and high walls that are increasingly less able to protect from the social and political changes that are taking place outside. This is a story of crushed dreams, social upheaval and personal tragedy all caused by the violence in the background that slowly creeps into the family's life.
- ISBN
- 9780385617635 (hbk.)
- 0385617631 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 779863581
- SCSB-11878140
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library