"Morocco's greatest living author."The Guardian UK"A writer of social and moral acuteness."Los Angeles Times "A writer of much originality"The Chicago Tribune Lalla Fatma
These are the Faroe Islands as they were some fifty years ago: sea-washed and remote, with one generation still tied to the sea for sustenance, and a younger generation turning toward commerce and cle
"As I read Choukri's notes, I saw and heard Jean Genet as clearly as if I had been watching a film of him. To achieve such precision simply by reporting what happened and what was said, one must have
'A moving homage to a great lawyer whom illness condemned to silence'.-Le MondeAlexandre Najjar's father was celebrated in the legal profession for his rare eloquence. In the courtroom the word is eve
"My Driver is an entertaining, droll novel, executed with a lovely, light touch. . . . Gee’s control of tone is supremely artful."—Lionel Shriver, Daily Telegraph"A tour de force—brilliantly structure
“One of the strangest and most enchanting works of fiction ever written.”—Alison LurieMiss M., a pretty young woman with a passion for shells, fossils, flints, butterflies, and stuffed animals, remain
“As I read Choukri’s notes, I saw and heard Jean Genet as clearly as if I had been watching a film of him. To achieve such precision simply by reporting what happened and what was said, one must have
Kema's friend mysteriously disappears, leaving him a generous allowance and the use of his large house.When he discovers that his new dwelling involves an inheritance of $1.3 million and a Russian nob
Aamer Hussein was born in Karachi in 1955 and moved to London in his teens. He is the author of This Other Salt, Turquoise and Insomnia, and the editor of Kahani (Saqi and Telegram). He reviews regul
After the death of his overbearing mother, the privileged Arda reclines in his wealth, reflecting on his young life, and on the life of his father, the famous mathematician Mursel Ergenekon, who was
On his way to a linguists' conference in Helsinki. Budai finds himself in a strange city where he can't understand a word anyone says.One claustrophobic day blurs into another as he desperately strugg
From the beginning of the world, when God created Audrey Hepburn, the guilt complex and worker ants, to the end, broadcast live on a TV chat show, A History whips through our tortuous past with the d
Set in the near future, The Ice People imagines an ice age enveloping the Northern Hemisphere. It is Africa’s relative warmth that offers a last hope to northerly survivors. As relationships between m
Women's stories in India have been handed down from generation to generation, enriched and embroidered along the way. Political change and the arrival of print culture meant that storytelling was pus
Jamilia's husband is off fighting at the front. She spends her days hauling sacks of grain from the threshing floor to the train station in their small village in the Caucasus, accompanied by Seit, he
A shape-shifting extraterrestrial named Gurb has assumed the form of Madonna and disappeared in Barcelona's back streets. His hapless commander, desperately trying to find him, records the daily plea
“We could hardly need these more urgently than we do now.”—The Independent“…A treasure for Western readers who want to familiarize themselves with the complexities of both Lebanese and Palestinian soc
Driven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed's family walks to Tangiers in search of a better life. But things are no better there. Eight of his siblings die of malnutrition and neglect, and o
In Buenos Aires, 1964, a blind writer approaches a sixteen-year-old bookstore clerk asking if he would be interested in a part-time job reading aloud.The writer was Jorge Luis Borges, one of the worl
A lyrical, mysterious tour through Prague mixes history and legend with everyday reality, a child’s reflections on the Christian concept of sinfulness lead him to resolve to sin “just a little bit,” d
