{"product_id":"no-one-prayed-over-their-graves-paperback","title":"No One Prayed Over Their Graves - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKhaled Khalifa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Fiction One of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e's 50 best works of fiction of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gorgeous . . . Lush, elegiac [and] Márquezian . . . A novel of abundance and generosity.\" --Sarah Cypher, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Richly embroidered . . . [Khalifa's] galloping narration restores life and soul to a city that has become a byword for devastation.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the National Book Award finalist Khaled Khalifa, the story of two friends whose lives are altered by a flood that devastates their Syrian village.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHanna was once a wealthy libertine, a landowner who built a famed citadel devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and excess. But with the loss of his home, wife, and community, he transforms, becoming an ascetic mystic obsessed with death and the meaning of life. In \u003ci\u003eNo One Prayed Over Their Graves\u003c\/i\u003e, we follow Hanna's life before and after the flood, tracing friendships, loves and lusts, family and business, until he is just one thread in the rich tapestry of Aleppo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKhaled Khalifa weaves a sweeping tale of life and death in the hubbub of Aleppine society at the turn of the twentieth century. \u003ci\u003eNo One Prayed Over Their Graves\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of a people on the verge of great change--from provincial villages 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKhaled Khalifa\u003c\/b\u003e (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 \u003ci\u003eAleph \u003c\/i\u003emagazine 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 \u003ci\u003eDeath Is Hard Work\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeri Price\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of Khaled Khalifa's \u003ci\u003eDeath Is Hard Work\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Hatred\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNo Knives in the Kitchens of This City\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as literature from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Syria, and Saudi Arabia.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 8.25 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2023)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750753960224,"sku":"9781250872876","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6c0cb2edcfddaea0d85abbb9879f8733.webp?v=1779957401","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/no-one-prayed-over-their-graves-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}