{"product_id":"no-road-to-paradise-paperback","title":"No Road to Paradise - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHassan Daoud\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a small Lebanese village a disillusioned imam, diagnosed with terminal cancer, must face his demons. Having consented to an arranged marriage, he has found himself in a loveless union and lusts after another. To please his family, he took up the robe and turban of his forefathers but the expected path to fulfillment did not unfold before him. Meticulous, sparse prose quietly evokes the essence of rural life and the burden of tradition. Hassan Daoud's masterful novel plumbs the depths of a man's struggle with religion and his place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHassan Daoud\u003c\/strong\u003e, born in Beirut in 1950, holds a master's degree in Arabic literature and has taught creative writing at the Lebanese American University. He is the editorial director of \u003cem\u003eal-Mudun\u003c\/em\u003e news website and is on the editorial board of the quarterly magazine \u003cem\u003eKalamon\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of three short story collections and ten novels. \u003cem\u003eNo Road to Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2015. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarilyn Booth\u003c\/strong\u003e has translated works by Hoda Barakat, Latifa al-Zayyat, Nawal El Saadawi, and many other Arab writers, and is the translator of Hassan Daoud's The Penguin's Song. She is Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud Professor in the Study of the Contemporary Arab World in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769673482528,"sku":"9789774168178","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5956328d58587abe5e5ca996832110c7.webp?v=1780353063","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/no-road-to-paradise-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}