No knives in the kitchens of this city -

Khaled Khalifa

American University of Cairo Press

2016

219 páginas

7h 18m

ISBN-13: 9789774167812

In the once beautiful city of Aleppo, one Syrian family descends into tragedy and ruin. The mother, abandoned by her husband, struggles to raise her children alone. Her daughter Sawsan flirts with the militias, the ruling party, and finally religion, seeking but never finding salvation. All are slowly choked in the fog of violence and decay, as their lives are plundered and their dreams wrecked by the brutal Assad regime. Set between the 1960s and 2000s, No Knives in the Kitchens of this City is a graceful and profound depiction of life under tyranny. Through the story of a single family, we read the disintegration of a whole society over half a century. This novel teaches us about grief, fear, and the end of
beauty.