Under the Tripoli Sky

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23302159835
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12.00
book_author_name: 
Kamal Ben Hameda
book_type: 
Paperback
publisher: 
Peirene Press Ltd
published_date: 
24/09/2014
isbn: 
9781908670168
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Books > Fiction > Modern & contemporary fiction
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Kamal Ben Hameda|Paperback|Peirene Press Ltd|24/09/2014
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9781908670168
Book Description: 
Tripoli in the 1960s. A sweltering, segregated society. Hadachinou is a lonely boy. His mother shares secrets with her best friend Jamila while his father prays at the mosque. Sneaking through the sun-drenched streets of Tripoli, he listens to the whispered stories of the women. He turns into an invisible witness to their repressed desires while becoming aware of his own. ------ Why Peirene chose to publish this book: 'This is a fascinating portrait of a closed society. On the surface this quiet vignette of a story could be read as gently nostalgic, but underneath the author reveals the seething tensions of a traditional city coming to terms with our modern world. The book gives us privileged access to a place where men and women live apart and have never learned to respect each other.' Meike Ziervogel, Publisher

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