Death Is Hard Work Khaled Khalifa

Death Is Hard Work

Author: Khaled Khalifa
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Book Title
Death Is Hard Work
Author
Khaled Khalifa
ISBN
9780374135737
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATUREA dogged, absurd quest through the nightmare of the Syrian civil war Khaled Khalifa's Death Is Hard Work is the new novel from the greatest chronicler of Syria's ongoing and catastrophic civil war: a tale of three ordinary people facing down the stuff of nightmares armed with little more than simple determination. Abdel Latif, an old man from the Aleppo region, dies peacefully in a hospital bed in Damascus. His final wish, conveyed to his youngest son, Bolbol, is to be buried in the family plot in their ancestral village of Anabiya. Though Abdel was hardly an ideal father, and though Bolbol is estranged from his siblings, this conscientious son persuades his older brother Hussein and his sister Fatima to accompany him and the body to Anabiya, which is--after all--only a two-hour drive from Damascus. There's only one problem: Their country is a war zone. With the landscape of their childhood now a labyrinth of competing armies whose actions are at once arbitrary and lethal, the siblings' decision to set aside their differences and honor their father's request quickly balloons from a minor commitment into an epic and life-threatening quest. Syria, however, is no longer a place for heroes, and the decisions the family must make along the way--as they find themselves captured and recaptured, interrogated, imprisoned, and bombed--will prove to have enormous consequences for all of them.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Khaled KhalifaPublisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublished: 02/12/2019ISBN: 9780374135737Pages: 192Weight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.80dReview Citations: BookPage 02/01/2019Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/15/2018 pg. 36Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2018 pg. 92Booklist 12/01/2018 pg. 23Publishers Weekly 12/03/2018Shelf Awareness 03/01/2019

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE

A dogged, absurd quest through the nightmare of the Syrian civil war

Khaled Khalifa's Death Is Hard Work is the new novel from the greatest chronicler of Syria's ongoing and catastrophic civil war: a tale of three ordinary people facing down the stuff of nightmares armed with little more than simple determination.

Abdel Latif, an old man from the Aleppo region, dies peacefully in a hospital bed in Damascus. His final wish, conveyed to his youngest son, Bolbol, is to be buried in the family plot in their ancestral village of Anabiya. Though Abdel was hardly an ideal father, and though Bolbol is estranged from his siblings, this conscientious son persuades his older brother Hussein and his sister Fatima to accompany him and the body to Anabiya, which is--after all--only a two-hour drive from Damascus.

There's only one problem: Their country is a war zone.

With the landscape of their childhood now a labyrinth of competing armies whose actions are at once arbitrary and lethal, the siblings' decision to set aside their differences and honor their father's request quickly balloons from a minor commitment into an epic and life-threatening quest. Syria, however, is no longer a place for heroes, and the decisions the family must make along the way--as they find themselves captured and recaptured, interrogated, imprisoned, and bombed--will prove to have enormous consequences for all of them.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Khaled Khalifa
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 02/12/2019
ISBN: 9780374135737
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.80d

Review Citations: BookPage 02/01/2019
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/15/2018 pg. 36
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2018 pg. 92
Booklist 12/01/2018 pg. 23
Publishers Weekly 12/03/2018
Shelf Awareness 03/01/2019

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE

A dogged, absurd quest through the nightmare of the Syrian civil war

Khaled Khalifa's Death Is Hard Work is the new novel from the greatest chronicler of Syria's ongoing and catastrophic civil war: a tale of three ordinary people facing down the stuff of nightmares armed with little more than simple determination.

Abdel Latif, an old man from the Aleppo region, dies peacefully in a hospital bed in Damascus. His final wish, conveyed to his youngest son, Bolbol, is to be buried in the family plot in their ancestral village of Anabiya. Though Abdel was hardly an ideal father, and though Bolbol is estranged from his siblings, this conscientious son persuades his older brother Hussein and his sister Fatima to accompany him and the body to Anabiya, which is--after all--only a two-hour drive from Damascus.

There's only one problem: Their country is a war zone.

With the landscape of their childhood now a labyrinth of competing armies whose actions are at once arbitrary and lethal, the siblings' decision to set aside their differences and honor their father's request quickly balloons from a minor commitment into an epic and life-threatening quest. Syria, however, is no longer a place for heroes, and the decisions the family must make along the way--as they find themselves captured and recaptured, interrogated, imprisoned, and bombed--will prove to have enormous consequences for all of them.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Khaled Khalifa
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 02/12/2019
ISBN: 9780374135737
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.80d

Review Citations: BookPage 02/01/2019
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/15/2018 pg. 36
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2018 pg. 92
Booklist 12/01/2018 pg. 23
Publishers Weekly 12/03/2018
Shelf Awareness 03/01/2019