ʻAzzām, Fādī, 1973-
Sarmada / by Fadi Azzam ; translated from the Arabic by Adam Talib. - 1st American ed. - Northampton, Mass. : Interlink Books, 2012. - ii, 216 pages ; 21 cm
A world away from Damascus, in the remote hills of Syria, lies Sarmada, a Druze village whose people and landscape are animated with a strange magic. In the rocky isolation of Sarmada, words take on new meanings and people take on new format, as fantasy, sex, transmigrating souls, potions and soothsayers all conspire. The country may struggle against the forces of the Ottoman Empire, the French, and then the Ba'ath, but in the village it is the forces of society, family, and passion that are all-important. Through the stories of three of Sarmada's women, this bold and dazzling novel portrays desire and destiny in a place beyond history. Fadi Azzam's Sarmada is a captivating, unforgettable debut.
9781566568722 1566568722 9781566568623 1566568625
40020201748
2011034746
Women--Syria--Fiction.
Religious tolerance--Syria--Fiction.
Druzes--Syria--Fiction.
Druzes.
Religious tolerance.
Women.
Syria.
Arabic fiction--Syria--21st century.
Fiction.
Arabic fiction--Translations into English.
PJ7914.Z88 / S2713 2012
892.7/37
Sarmada / by Fadi Azzam ; translated from the Arabic by Adam Talib. - 1st American ed. - Northampton, Mass. : Interlink Books, 2012. - ii, 216 pages ; 21 cm
A world away from Damascus, in the remote hills of Syria, lies Sarmada, a Druze village whose people and landscape are animated with a strange magic. In the rocky isolation of Sarmada, words take on new meanings and people take on new format, as fantasy, sex, transmigrating souls, potions and soothsayers all conspire. The country may struggle against the forces of the Ottoman Empire, the French, and then the Ba'ath, but in the village it is the forces of society, family, and passion that are all-important. Through the stories of three of Sarmada's women, this bold and dazzling novel portrays desire and destiny in a place beyond history. Fadi Azzam's Sarmada is a captivating, unforgettable debut.
9781566568722 1566568722 9781566568623 1566568625
40020201748
2011034746
Women--Syria--Fiction.
Religious tolerance--Syria--Fiction.
Druzes--Syria--Fiction.
Druzes.
Religious tolerance.
Women.
Syria.
Arabic fiction--Syria--21st century.
Fiction.
Arabic fiction--Translations into English.
PJ7914.Z88 / S2713 2012
892.7/37