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Death Is Hard Work
Hisham Matar, GuardianDeath Is Hard Work is a tale of three people embarking on an absurd quest - an unforgettable journey into a contemporary heart of darkness. At a hospital in …
Death Is Hard Work
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATUREA dogged, absurd quest through the nightmare of the Syrian civil war Khaled Khalifa's Death Is Hard Work is the new …
No Knives in the Kitchens of This City
In the once beautiful city of Aleppo, one Syrian family collapses into tragedy and ruin. The mother, abandoned by her husband, struggles to raise her children alone. Her daughter …
In Praise of Hatred
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; …
Ingen ba for dem
"Ingen ba for dem" er Khaled Khalifas fjerde bok på norsk. Forfatteren er født og oppvokst i Aleppo, og bor stadig i Syria til tross for borgerkrigen. Ikke alle av hans bøker får …
Der Tod ist ein mühseliges Geschäft
Death Is Hard Work
"e;Searing . . . Khalifa is a soulful and perfectly unsentimental writer . . . The most amazing thing about this book is that it managed to exist, that it came to us out of the …
Ingen bad över sin grav (Arabiska)
Denna roman erbjuder ett nytt perspektiv på Aleppo och sträcker sig över 1800- och 1900-talet. Den väver samman berättelser om kärlek och död mitt i massakrer, plågor, och …
Banipal 70 - Mahmoud Shukair, Writing Jerusalem
The "Writing Jerusalem" feature celebrates the city's great storyteller Mahmoud Shukair, a gift for his 80th birthday, with articles, translations, reviews and memories. New …
Keine Messer in den Küchen dieser Stadt
In Khaled Kahlifas neuem Roman geht es um Syrien von den achtziger Jahren bis heute. Sein erster Roman "Der Tod ist ein mühseliges Geschäft" war ein Überraschungserfolg. Khalifa, …
Hatets lovsang
I 1980-tallets Syria lever romanens navnløse hovedperson et tilbaketrukket liv bak slør i det store og parfymerte huset til besteforeldrene i Aleppo. Der oppdras hun av de tre …