The long way back
The Long Way Back tells the story of four generations of the same family living in an old house in the Bab al-Shaykh area of Baghdad. Through exquisite layering of the overlapping worlds of the characters, their private conflicts and passions are set against the wider drama of events leading up to the overthrow of prime minister Abd al-Karim Qasim and the initial steps to power of the Baath party in Iraq in 1962-63. The skilful building-up of the characters and their worlds within a brief and c…
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- Full title :The long way back / Fuad al-Takarli ; translated by Catherine Cobham.
Summary
The Long Way Back tells the story of four generations of the same family living in an old house in the Bab al-Shaykh area of Baghdad. Through exquisite layering of the overlapping worlds of the characters, their private conflicts and passions are set against the wider drama of events leading up to the overthrow of prime minister Abd al-Karim Qasim and the initial steps to power of the Baath party in Iraq in 1962-63. The skilful building-up of the characters and their worlds within a brief and clearly determined period of recent history allows for a bold and intelligent portrayal of the ambiguou.
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- Publication Date:©1980
- Edition:First paperback edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):American University in Cairo Press
- Place of Publication:Cairo
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1980
Notes
Originally published in Arabic in 1980 as Rajʻ al-baʻīd.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (viii, 379 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781617974250, 1617974250, 9781617971914, 161797191X
- oclc:ocn895174523
- LC Classification:PJ7864.A3744
- Dewey Decimal:892.7/36
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