{"product_id":"hakawati-rabih-alameddine-9781472154804","title":"Hakawati","description":"'Stunning' New York Times Book Review\n'Here it comes, the book of the year, on its own magic carpet. No book this bewitching has ever felt so important; no book this important has ever been so lovingly enchanted. The Hakawati is both a snapshot of our current crisis, and a story for the ages. What else can we ask the djinn of literature for?' Andrew Sean Greer, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Less\nIn 2003, Osama al-Kharrat returns to Beirut after many years in America to stand vigil at his father's deathbed. As the family gathers, stories begin to unfold: Osama's grandfather was a hakawati, or storyteller, and his bewitching tales are interwoven with classic stories of the Middle East. Here are Abraham and Isaac; Ishmael, father of the Arab tribes; the beautiful Fatima; Baybars, the slave prince who vanquished the Crusaders; and a host of mischievous imps. Through Osama, we also enter the world of the contemporary Lebanese men and women whose stories tell a larger, heartbreaking tale of seemingly endless war, conflicted identity, and survival. With The Hakawati, Rabih Alameddine has given us an Arabian Nights for this century.\n'Sharp, seductive storytelling' O, The Oprah Magazine","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50716102492448,"sku":"9781472154804","price":9.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781472154804.jpg?v=1785235467","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/hakawati-rabih-alameddine-9781472154804","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}