Damascus nights
Schami, Rafik, 1946-2011
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Salim the coachman tells enchanting tales, but suddenly he is struck dumb. Just as Scheherazade told tales to save her life, Salim's friends must spin yarns to save his speech. Set in Damascus in 1959, the novel alternates the real lives of our storytellers with stories from the distant past.
Main title:
Damascus nights / by Rafik Schami ; translated by Philip Boehm.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Arabia, 2011.
Collation:
263 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the German.
ISBN:
9781906697358 (pbk)1906697353 (pbk)
Dewey class:
833.9'2
Local class:
FIC
Language:
EnglishGerman
BRN:
891157