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No Knives in the Kitchens of This City
لا سكاكين في مطابخ هذه المدينة · La Sakakin fi Matabikh Hadhihi al-Madina
Khaled Khalifa (خالد خليفة, born 1964)
Translated by Leri Price
English editions
In EnglishNo Knives in the Kitchens of This City
Hoopoe · Egypt · 15 October 2016 · Paperback · 224 pages
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A family lives through half a century in which Syrian society existed alongside tyranny and stifled desire. One by one its members see every hope crumble into ruins, as the mother's body becomes scrap to be got rid of so the others can go on living. The novel digs into the workings of fear and fragmentation under a regime that has taken over people's lives.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 260 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family, Politics (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Syria
- First published
- 2013 by Dar al-Ain
- Author's age
- 49 when first published
- ISBN
9789774902222 (original)
9789774167812 (Hoopoe, Egypt)
- More
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