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No One Prayed Over Their Graves

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Description:From National Book Award finalist Khaled Khalifa, the story of two close friends whose lives are irrevocably changed when they survive a 1907 flood that devastates their village near Aleppo.On a terrible December morning in 1907, two close friends, Hanna and Zakariya, return to their village near Aleppo after a night of drunken carousing in the city, only to discover that there has been a massive flood. Their neighbors, their families, their children—nearly all of them are dead. Their homes, shops, and places of worship are leveled. Their lives will never be the same.Hanna was once a wealthy libertine landowner who had built a famed citadel devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and excess. But with the loss of his home, his wife, and his community, he transforms, becoming an ascetic mystic obsessed with the meaning of life. In No One Prayed Over Their Graves, we follow Hanna's life before and after the flood, tracing friendships, loves and lusts, his family and business, until he is just one thread in the rich tapestry of Aleppo.Khaled Khalifa weaves a sweeping tale of life and death in the hubbub of Aleppine society at the turn of the twentieth century. It is a portrait of a people on the verge of great change: from the provincial village to the burgeoning modernity of the city, where Christians, Muslims, and Jews live and work together, united in their love for Aleppo and their dreams for the future.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with No One Prayed Over Their Graves. To get started finding No One Prayed Over Their Graves, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Release: 2022

ISBN: 0374601933

Description: From National Book Award finalist Khaled Khalifa, the story of two close friends whose lives are irrevocably changed when they survive a 1907 flood that devastates their village near Aleppo.On a terrible December morning in 1907, two close friends, Hanna and Zakariya, return to their village near Aleppo after a night of drunken carousing in the city, only to discover that there has been a massive flood. Their neighbors, their families, their children—nearly all of them are dead. Their homes, shops, and places of worship are leveled. Their lives will never be the same.Hanna was once a wealthy libertine landowner who had built a famed citadel devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and excess. But with the loss of his home, his wife, and his community, he transforms, becoming an ascetic mystic obsessed with the meaning of life. In No One Prayed Over Their Graves, we follow Hanna's life before and after the flood, tracing friendships, loves and lusts, his family and business, until he is just one thread in the rich tapestry of Aleppo.Khaled Khalifa weaves a sweeping tale of life and death in the hubbub of Aleppine society at the turn of the twentieth century. It is a portrait of a people on the verge of great change: from the provincial village to the burgeoning modernity of the city, where Christians, Muslims, and Jews live and work together, united in their love for Aleppo and their dreams for the future.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with No One Prayed Over Their Graves. To get started finding No One Prayed Over Their Graves, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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