The unexpected love objects of Dunya Noor : a novel / Rana Haddad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haddad, Rana, author.

Series:

Hoopoe Fiction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Man-woman relationships.

Women photographers--Syria--Fiction.

Women photographers.

Tailors--Syria--Fiction.

Tailors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 238 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Hoopoe, 2018.

Summary:

Aspiring photographer Dunya Noor discovers early on that her curious spirit, rebellious nature, and very curly hair are a recipe for disaster in 1980s Syria. Many years later in London, she meets Hilal, the son of a humble tailor from Aleppo and no match for Dunya, daughter of the great heart surgeon Joseph Noor. But, dreamy, restless Dunya falls in love with Hilal and they decide to return to Syria together, embarking on a journey that will change them both forever. Rana Haddad's vivid and satirical debut novel captures the essence of life under the Assad dictatorship, in all its rigid absurdity.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Prologue

BOOK ONE: An English Rose

1: The Beauty Contest

2: Mr. and Mrs. Noor

3: Mustache Power

4: First Love

5: The Truth About Love

6: The Dangers of Nodding

7: England

BOOK TWO: The Tailor's Son

8: The History of Hilal

9: The Moonologist

10: Can Photography Tell the Truth?

11: The Men Who Wear the Trousers

12: Joseph's Heart

13: God the Father

BOOK THREE: The Truth about Hilal

14: The City of Boys

15: The Professor of Love

16: A Girl Like No Other

17: What the Coffee Cup Said

BOOK FOUR: The Lessons of Love

18: A Father's Advice

19: The Baker's Unreal Daughter

20: In Basma's House

21: The Dangers of Love

22: The Last Photograph

Epilogue

Glossary of Names

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781617978838

1617978833

9781617978821

1617978825

OCLC:

1195817347