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A multi-award-winning tale of love and courage, picked by the Independent as one of the 30 Best Debut Novels of 2019.

Inspired by One Thousand and One Nights, Ahmad Danny Ramadan’s innovative and poetic debut novel tells the story of two lovers anchored to the memory of a dying Syria. One is Hakawati, the storyteller, keeping life in forward motion by relaying remembered fables and incidents from their youth to his dying partner. Each night he spins stories of a Damascus childhood, of leaving home, of persecution and hardship, and of his fated meeting with his lover. Meanwhile, Death himself, in his dark cloak, shares the house with the two men, eavesdropping on their secrets as he awaits their final undoing.

The Clothesline Swing

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A multi-award-winning tale of love and courage, picked by the Independent as one of the 30 Best Debut Novels of... Read more

    Publisher: The Indigo Press
    Publication Date: 02/05/2019
    ISBN13: 9781999683368, 978-1999683368
    ISBN10: 1999683366

    Number of Pages: 220

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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    A multi-award-winning tale of love and courage, picked by the Independent as one of the 30 Best Debut Novels of 2019.

    Inspired by One Thousand and One Nights, Ahmad Danny Ramadan’s innovative and poetic debut novel tells the story of two lovers anchored to the memory of a dying Syria. One is Hakawati, the storyteller, keeping life in forward motion by relaying remembered fables and incidents from their youth to his dying partner. Each night he spins stories of a Damascus childhood, of leaving home, of persecution and hardship, and of his fated meeting with his lover. Meanwhile, Death himself, in his dark cloak, shares the house with the two men, eavesdropping on their secrets as he awaits their final undoing.

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