The Hakawati - or, The Storyteller - is a sweeping, wildly imaginative feast of a novel, bursting with the myths of the Middle East. At its emotional core is the reunion of a long-standing Beiruti family, whose patriarch is dying and visited on his deathbed by his children and by memories of his ancestors. Rabih Alameddine tells their stories - of crusades and battles; chicanery, betrayal and sex; family rivalry, family disunity and family life - and spins them together with the historical stories of the region, but with a ...
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The Hakawati - or, The Storyteller - is a sweeping, wildly imaginative feast of a novel, bursting with the myths of the Middle East. At its emotional core is the reunion of a long-standing Beiruti family, whose patriarch is dying and visited on his deathbed by his children and by memories of his ancestors. Rabih Alameddine tells their stories - of crusades and battles; chicanery, betrayal and sex; family rivalry, family disunity and family life - and spins them together with the historical stories of the region, but with a twist. Born in Beirut, living in San Francisco, and writing in English, Alameddine not only spans both Western and Middle-Eastern culture, but does so as one of the most mischevious and inventive writers at work. While the Fatima of legend gives birth to the son of the lord of the Underworld, it is to the accompaniment of a vocal set of imps disguised as parrots. The evil conqueror of the known world is called Arbusto - or 'Bush' in Portuguese. This kind of colour overlays the harsh violence of the real world, whether it be the suffering and disruption of civil war, the loss of a parent, or the difficulties of adolescence and sexual awakening. The Hakawati is a kaleidoscopic tour of the Middle East: of conflict, of religion, of family; and in Alameddine's hands even the most venerable and familiar of tales emerge with outrageous humour, unscripted sex, and a humanity that is uniquely his own.
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