Dates on my fingers / Muhsin al-Ramli ; translated by Luke Leafgren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramlī, Muḥsin, author.

Contributor:

Leafgren, Luke, translator.

Series:

Modern Arabic literature

Standardized Title:

Tamr al-aṣābiʻ. English

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Fathers and sons--Fiction.

Fathers and sons.

Arabic fiction.

Iraq.

Arabic fiction--Translations into English.

Iraq--Fiction.

Spain--Fiction.

Spain.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

194 pages ; 20 cm.

Other Title:

Dates on my fingers : an Iraqi novel.

Place of Publication:

Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 2014.

Language Note:

Translated from Arabic.

Summary:

"Saleem, fed up with all the violence, religiosity, and strict family hierarchies of his Iraqi village, flees to Spain to establish a new life for himself. But his lonely exile is turned upside down when he encounters his father, Noah, in a Madrid nightclub after not seeing him in more than a decade. Noah looks and acts like a new man, and Saleem sets out to discover the mystery of his father's presence in Spain and his altered life. In doing so, he recalls formative moments in Iraq of familial love, war, and the haunting accidental death of his cousin Aliya, Saleem's partner in the hesitant, tender exploration of sexuality. When the renewed relationship with his father erupts in a violent conflict, Saleem is forced to rediscover his sense of self and the hard-won stability of his life. Through Saleem's experiences and reflections, the fast-paced narrative carries the reader between Spain and Iraq to a surprising resolution"--Back cover.

Notes:

"First published in Arabic in 2009 as Tamr al-asabi."--Titile page verso.

ISBN:

9789774166440

9774166442

OCLC:

887094913

Publisher Number:

99959178958