Learning English: A Novel - Softcover

Rachid Al-Daif

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906697213 ISBN 13: 9781906697211

Publisher: Arabia Books Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

No matter how hard Rachid tries to recreate himself, to become educated and wordly to learn English it is impossible for this hip Beiruti with his cell phone and high-speed internet to sever the connection to his past in the Lebanese village of Zgharta, know for its tough guys and oldfashioned clan mentality. When the news of his father s murder a case of blood revenge reaches him by chance through a newspaper report, it drags him inescapably back into the world of his past. Suddenly he is plunged once again into the endless questions that plagued his childhood. With a suspense-filled plot and a typically idiosyncratic narrator, whose bizarre stories, comical asides and uncannily perceptive comments on human nature lead us through this tantalizing, funny, and sober book about the hold the past has on Lebanon, and on us all.

About this title

About the Author

Rachid Al-Daif was born in Lebanon in 1945 and is the acclaimed author of eleven novels, including Dear Mr. Kawabata and This Side of Innocence.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arabia Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906697213
• ISBN 13: 9781906697211
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 161