Hearts in Rural Yemen: Ball & Bullet - Softcover

Al-Yadoumi, Dr. Mubarak Ali Ahmed Al-Hamadi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1796891401 ISBN 13: 9781796891409

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

The novel images in words a true story in reality. It talks about a tragicomedy story of a Yemeni boy and a girl in one of the rural villages in Yemen. It draws several points of views and perspectives in terms of love in the vision of the Yemeni people and society.The novel not only depicts the story of the two lovers and their sufferings and at the end their failure to get married but also describes and explains some certain Yemeni traditions, mores, customs, principles in addition to the way the people live, behave and deal with events of various types and with people around them.In brief, the entire book is a real picture-gallery of different occasions and dichotomous situations. What is more, the book aims at praising and encouraging some tenets and values in the rural areas of Yemen, and at once criticizing against patriarchy, skepticism, overgeneralization, weapons, murders, revenge, and forced marriage.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1796891401
• ISBN 13: 9781796891409
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156