No One Prayed Over Their Graves

Name: No One Prayed Over Their Graves
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SKU: 9780571364640
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From the prizewinning author of Death Is Hard Work

By Khaled Khalifa

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In No One Prayed Over Their Graves by Khaled Khalifa, the narrative explores themes of loss, friendship, and resilience set against a backdrop of early 20th-century Syria. The story follows the intertwined lives of two friends as they navigate personal tragedies and societal upheavals, ultimately redefining their understanding of loyalty and belonging amidst the changing world around them.
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This book might appeal to you if you enjoy rich, evocative stories exploring themes of friendship, loss, and resilience amidst adversity. Set against a backdrop of historical tumult, it offers a moving, intimate look at the impact of tragedy on individuals and communities. Fans of intricate, character-driven narratives with deep emotional insights will likely find it captivating.

No One Prayed Over Their Graves

A sweeping tale of life and death, set in the Syrian capital at the turn of the twentieth century.

A sweeping tale of life and death, set in the Syrian capital at the turn of the twentieth century.

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'A soulful and perfectly unsentimental writer...' - MOHSIN HAMID

December, 1907: one morning after a night of drunken carousing in the city, Hanna and his friend Zakariya return home to their village near Aleppo—only to discover a scene of tragedy. A devastating flood has levelled their homes, shops, and places of worship, and their neighbours, families, and children are nearly all dead. Their lives will never be the same.

Tracing Hanna's life before and after the flood—when he embarks on a search for the meaning of life—No One Prayed Over Their Graves is a portrait of a wider society on the verge of great change; from the provincial village to the burgeoning modernity of the city, where Christians, Muslims, and Jews live and work together, united in their love for Aleppo and their dreams for the future.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571364640

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Contributors:

Translated by Leri Price

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 29.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 426g

Pages: 416

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Fiction General Fiction Historical Fiction Khaled Khalifa Literary Fiction

About the Author

Khaled Khalifa was born in 1964 in a village close to Aleppo, Syria. He has written numerous screenplays and is the author of several novels, including Death is Hard Work, which won the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation and was a finalist for the National Book Awards. In Praise of Hatred, which was shortlisted for IPAF in 2008, longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2013 and has been translated into several languages. He lives in Damascus, a city he has refused to abandon despite the danger posed by the ongoing Syrian civil war.Leri Price is the translator of Khaled Khalifa's In Praise of Hatred and No Knives in the Kitchens of This City, as well as the prize-winning Death is Hard Work, for which she is the recipient of the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation.