{"product_id":"the-hakawati-rabih-alameddine","title":"The Hakawati (Rabih Alameddine)","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Hakawati\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Author: Rabih Alameddine \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e About Book \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Published date: 2008 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e isbn: 9780330456203 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e GoodReads Rating: 4.0\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e Condition \u0026amp; Size \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Size: Format C (Large Format) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book Type: Paperback \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e Condition: Good \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e Summary\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2003, Osama al-Kharrat returns to Beirut after many years in America to stand vigil at his father's deathbed. The city is a shell of the Beirut Osama remembers, but he and his friends and family take solace in the things that have always sustained them: gossip, laughter, and, above all, stories. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOsama's grandfather was a hakawati, or storyteller, and his bewitching stories - of his arrival in Lebanon, an orphan of the Turkish wars, and of how he earned the name al-Kharrat, the fibster - are interwoven with classic tales of the Middle East, stunningly reimagined. Here are Abraham and Isaac; Ishmael, father of the Arab tribes; the ancient, fabled Fatima; and Baybars, the slave prince who vanquished the Crusaders. Here, too, are contemporary Lebanese whose stories tell a larger, heartbreaking tale of seemingly endless war - and of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alameddine, Rabih","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42895259107405,"sku":"CONF20260420002","price":69.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/3856\/4685\/files\/9780330456203_20260315_213853_8b7dc6e4-d9da-46cc-acea-65e4e0fbaae0.jpg?v=1776691743","url":"https:\/\/readmatter.co.za\/products\/the-hakawati-rabih-alameddine","provider":"Readmatter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}