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Death Is Hard Work
ISBN/GTIN

Death Is Hard Work

BookPaperback
Ranking1199776inBelletristik
CHF29.90

Description

Abdel Latif, an old man from the Aleppo region, dies peacefully in a hospital bed in Damascus. His final wish is to be buried in the family plot in their ancestral village. With the landscape of their childhood now a labyrinth of competing armies whose actions are at once arbitrary and lethal, the siblings' decision to set aside their differences and honor their father's request quickly balloons from a minor commitment into an epic and life-threatening quest.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-250-25107-7
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
Publishing date03/12/2019
Pages192 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 135 mm, Height 207 mm, Thickness 15 mm
Weight166 g
Article no.40354534
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.31587043
Product groupBelletristik
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Author

Khaled Khalifa (1964-2023) was born near Aleppo, Syria, the fifth child of a family of thirteen siblings. He studied law at Aleppo University and actively participated in the foundation of Aleph magazine with a group of writers and poets. A few months later, the magazine was closed down by Syrian censorship. Active in the arts scene in Damascus where he lived, Khalifa was a writer of screenplays for television and cinema as well as novels that explore Syrian history. His 2019 novel Death Is Hard Work was a finalist for the National Book Award.