Writing Love / Khalil Sweilah ; translated by Alexa Firat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ṣuwayliḥ, Khalīl.

Contributor:

Firat, Alexa.

Series:

Modern Arabic literature

Standardized Title:

Warrāq al-ḥubb. English

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Novelists--Fiction.

Novelists.

Damascus (Syria)--Fiction.

Damascus (Syria).

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

153 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2012.

Summary:

How to write a novel? Where to find inspiration? What is it that novels do for us? What is the nature of love? And most importantly, how and where to find it? Embarking on a literary and romantic journey, an aspiring novelist guides the reader through the streets of Damascus to bookstores, libraries, historical landmarks, cafés, and neighborhoods that carry the traces of history and the possibilities of the future. Mining the rich and divergent histories, narratives, texts, memories, and people that occupy the narrator's mind and everyday life, Writing Love casts a critical eye on contemporary society and offers a playful testament to the tangential nature of writing and the many ways to fall in love. -- Book Description.

Notes:

"A Syrian novel"--Cover.

Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature

ISBN:

9774165357

9789774165351

OCLC:

754720470

Publisher Number:

99954250128