القندس

At forty, disappointed with his life, Ghalib al-Wajzi leaves Riyadh for Portland in the United States, a chosen exile in which he tries to mend his memory. On the bank of the Willamette, where a beaver keeps him company on his fishing trips, he travels back through three generations of the Wajzi family: his troubled upbringing between separated parents, a father displeased with everything he does, a mother who left him when he was small, and siblings who share nothing but the walls of the house. Woven through it is his long, uncertain affair with a married woman who, for years, has slipped away to meet him in cities around the world.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

319 pages in the original

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Saudi Arabia, United States

First published

2011 by Dar al-Saqi

Author's age

32 when first published

ISBN

9781855168367 (original)

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