Riyadh is a city of masks, a city ‘like a pressure cooker that’s about to explode, ‘ a city that sleeps on a pile of words that no one dares utter. Saudi society has split into two camps, one adopting the slogan that God is strict in punishment, the other that God is merciful and forgiving. In the background the media trumpets that everything is perfect. Saudi writer Fahd al-Atiq explores this world through the character of Khaled, whose dysfunctional life, humdrum but rich in mem...
Despre autor
Fahd al-Atiq was born and lives in Saudi Arabia. He is the author of five collections of short stories and two novels.
Life on Hold is his first book to appear in Eng...
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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 128 ● ISBN 9781617973376 ● Mărime fișier 0.5 MB ● Traducător Jonathan Wright ● Editura The American University in Cairo Press ● Țară US ● Publicat 2012 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 3220683 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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