Roundabout of Death |
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| Author:
| Khartash, Faysal |
| Translator:
| Weiss, Max |
| ISBN: | 978-1-939931-92-4 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2021 |
| Publisher: | New Vessel Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $29.99 |
Book Description:
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Set in Aleppo in 2012, when everyday life was metronomically punctuated by bombing, Roundabout of Death offers powerful witness to the violence that obliterated the ancient city's rich layers of history, its neighbourhoods and medieval and Ottoman landmarks. The novel is told from the perspective of an ordinary man, a schoolteacher of Arabic for whom even daily errands become life-threatening tasks.
Set in Aleppo in 2012, when everyday life was metronomically punctuated by bombing, Roundabout of Death offers powerful witness to the violence that obliterated the ancient city's rich layers of history, its neighbourhoods and medieval and Ottoman landmarks. The novel is told from the perspective of an ordinary man, a schoolteacher of Arabic for whom even daily errands become life-threatening tasks.