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Meeting during a flight from Dubai to London, four people from different corners of the Arab world--Lamis, recently divorced from her wealthy Iraqi husband; Nicholas, a Sotheby's expert on Islamic daggers; Amira, a Moroccan prostitute; and Samir, an animal smuggler--find their lives continuing to intertwine amid London's Arab community. 17,500 first printing.
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"Only in London is many things, all remarkably good. It's funny, poignant, insightful,
audacious, charming and downright carnal at times. A splendid book, this one,
graceful from start to end, with interlocking stories that corner you on the first page
and never let up. A big bow to Hanan al-Shaykh." --Martin Clark, author of The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living
“A fascinating, picaresque tale told with humor and compassion, and with even the minor characters sharply drawn. . . . Perceptive, funny, erotic, gentle.” —The Independent(UK)
"Love scenes in novels are normally so conventionalised that it's a shock to read one as rich in discovery,
misunderstanding and disappointment as the first encounter between Lamis, the heroine of Hanan Al-Shaykh's
magnificent new novel, and the Englishman whom she met when he picked up the passport she had
dropped on the plane to London . . . offers an exquisite perspective of estrangement and recognition." --The Observer (UK)
"For all its deceptive lightness of touch, the novel teems with ideas: memory and exile, language, desire and
identity, and the search for order in the chaos of a metropolis. It is also very funny. Readers familiar with
Shayk's work will remember her as a writer who has charted, in her novels, the interiors of Arab women's
lives, from tragedy to tentative triumph. They will probably be astonished by her unexpected comic gift.
London, however, as fans who have seen her two plays will know, allows Shaykh to exercise her trenchant,
at times ribald, wit." --Literary Review (UK)
"As the story follows their adventures, some comic, some pathetic, each character finds a different London . . .
The author now lives in London and has acquired a sensitive understanding of the half-and-half world she
describes. Her novel is funny and beautifully written. She has a perfect ear for dialogue and tone." --Sunday Telegraph (UK)
L'autore:
audacious, charming and downright carnal at times. A splendid book, this one,
graceful from start to end, with interlocking stories that corner you on the first page
and never let up. A big bow to Hanan al-Shaykh." --Martin Clark, author of The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living
“A fascinating, picaresque tale told with humor and compassion, and with even the minor characters sharply drawn. . . . Perceptive, funny, erotic, gentle.” —The Independent(UK)
"Love scenes in novels are normally so conventionalised that it's a shock to read one as rich in discovery,
misunderstanding and disappointment as the first encounter between Lamis, the heroine of Hanan Al-Shaykh's
magnificent new novel, and the Englishman whom she met when he picked up the passport she had
dropped on the plane to London . . . offers an exquisite perspective of estrangement and recognition." --The Observer (UK)
"For all its deceptive lightness of touch, the novel teems with ideas: memory and exile, language, desire and
identity, and the search for order in the chaos of a metropolis. It is also very funny. Readers familiar with
Shayk's work will remember her as a writer who has charted, in her novels, the interiors of Arab women's
lives, from tragedy to tentative triumph. They will probably be astonished by her unexpected comic gift.
London, however, as fans who have seen her two plays will know, allows Shaykh to exercise her trenchant,
at times ribald, wit." --Literary Review (UK)
"As the story follows their adventures, some comic, some pathetic, each character finds a different London . . .
The author now lives in London and has acquired a sensitive understanding of the half-and-half world she
describes. Her novel is funny and beautifully written. She has a perfect ear for dialogue and tone." --Sunday Telegraph (UK)
Hanan al-Shaykh was born and raised in Lebanon. She is the author of three novels—Women of Sand and Myrrh, The Story of Zahra, and Beirut Blues—as well as a collection of short stories, I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops. She currently lives in London with her husband and two children.
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- EditorePantheon Books
- Data di pubblicazione2001
- ISBN 10 0375421335
- ISBN 13 9780375421334
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero edizione1
- Numero di pagine276
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ISBN 10: 0375421335
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. New York: Pantheon [2001]. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. New, in dust jacket. Very fine/very fine in all respects, a pristine unread copy. Comes with protective mylar dust jacket cover. Smoke free. Codice articolo CASE2-6
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