Longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Fiction One of The Washington Post's 50 best works of fiction of 2023
"Gorgeous . . . Lush, elegiac [and] Mrquezian . . . A novel of abundance and generosity." --Sarah Cypher, The Washington Post
"Richly embroidered . . . [Khalifa's] galloping narration restores life and soul to a city that has become a byword for devastation." --The Economist
From the National Book Award finalist Khaled Khalifa, the story of two friends whose lives are altered by a flood that devastates their Syrian village.
On a December morning in 1907, two close friends, Hanna and Zakariya, return to their village near Aleppo after a night of drunken carousing in the city, only to discover that there has been a massive flood. Their neighbors, families, children--nearly all of them are dead. Their homes, shops, and places of worship are leveled. Their lives will never be the same.
Longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Fiction One of The Washington Post's 50 best works of fiction of 2023
"Gorgeous . . . Lush, elegiac [and] Mrquezian . . . A novel of abundance and generosity." --Sarah Cypher, The Washington Post
"Richly embroidered . . . [Khalifa's] galloping narration restores life and soul to a city that has become a byword for devastation." --The Economist
From the National Book Award finalist Khaled Khalifa, the story of two friends whose lives are altered by a flood that devastates their Syrian village.
On a December morning in 1907, two close friends, Hanna and Zakariya, return to their village near Aleppo after a night of drunken carousing in the city, only to discover that there has been a massive flood. Their neighbors, families, children--nearly all of them are dead. Their homes, shops, and places of worship are leveled. Their lives will never be the same.