الحي الروسي

For years the Russian Quarter keeps the war around it at bay; when it is finally drawn in, it fights with stories, not guns. The narrator, a translator, lives in the quarter's zoo with Nona, who knits. Around them are a giraffe, two dogs and a woollen sparrow, the zoo's Russian director, a French teacher who sells clothes, Issam, a cabaret worker and local hero, and a Moroccan oud player.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

War (assigned by AI)

Set in

Syria

First published

2019 by Difaf Publishing

Author's age

63 when first published

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