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“amara lakhous”

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  • The Fertility of Evil

    A Novel

    by Amara Lakhous ...
    Translated by Alexander E. Elinson ...
    A criminal investigation plumbs the seedy underbelly of Oran in this heady psychological thriller spanning the history of postcolonial Algeria.Oran, July 5, 2018. Independence Day. Colonel Soltani of the Anti-Terrorism Unit reluctantly gives up his holiday after his superior officer tracks him down at his girlfriend’s home. A former National Liberation Front fighter and Algerian power broker has ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Divorce Islamic Style

    by Amara Lakhous ...
    Secret identities, criminal conspiracies, and forbidden love converge in this "whimsical and at times heartbreaking look" at the Muslim communities of Rome ( The New York Times).The Italian secret service believes that a group of Muslim immigrants is planning a terrorist attack. Christian Mazzari, a young Sicilian translator who speaks perfect Arabic, goes undercover in Rome's Egyptian ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet

    by Amara Lakhous ...
    Translated by Ann Goldstein ...
    An Italian journalist gets wrapped up in the criminality and cultural controversies of modern Turin in this "very funny" satirical novel ( The New York Times).It's October 2006. The northern Italian town of Turin has been rocked by a series of murders involving Albanians and Romanians, and journalist Enzo Laganà is determined to get to the bottom of the crime wave—even if he must invent a few ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Prank of the Good Little Virgin of Via Ormea

    by Amara Lakhous ...
    Translated by Antony Shugaar ...
    A Turin journalist must investigate when a local girl is allegedly assaulted by two Romani boys in this farcical whodunit for fans of Alaa Al Aswany.Bittersweet, like any self-respecting Italian comedy, The Prank is a Pirandellian exploration of identity in today's multicultural, polyglot societies. Lakhous draws inspiration from everyday reality, describing his approach to writing as "total ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio

    A Novel

    by Amara Lakhous ...
    Translated by Ann Goldstein ...
    The immigrant tenants of a building in Rome offer skewed accounts of a murder in this prize-winning satire by the Algerian-born Italian author ( Publishers Weekly).Piazza Vittorio is home to a polyglot community of immigrants who have come to Rome from all over the world. But when a tenant is murdered in the building's elevator, the delicate balance is thrown into disarray. As each of the victim's ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio

    A Novel

    by Amara Lakhous ...
    The immigrant tenants of a building in Rome offer skewed accounts of a murder in this prize-winning satire by the Algerian-born Italian author ( Publishers Weekly).Piazza Vittorio is home to a polyglot community of immigrants who have come to Rome from all over the world. But when a tenant is murdered in the building's elevator, the delicate balance is thrown into disarray. As each of the victim's ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Contemporary Italian Diversity in Critical and Fictional Narratives

    by Ron Kubati, Ashna Ali, Ubax Cristina Ali Farah, Basir Ahang, Adrian Bravi, Simone Brioni, Jennifer Burns, Ryan Calabretta-Sajder0, Clarissa Clò1, Daniele Comberiati2, Marta Cariello3, Lidia Curti4, Vera Lúcia de Oliveira5, Silvia Guslandi6, Gëzim Hajdari7, Gabriella Kuruvilla8, Amara Lakhous9, Fulvio Pezzarossa0, Wendy Pojmann1, Lidia Radi2, Shirin Ramzanali Fazel3, Lucia Re4, Kevin Regan5, Caterina Romeo6, James Walker7, Enrico Zammarchi8, Eleanor Paynter9 ...
    Series series
    Contemporary Italian Diversity in Critical and Fictional Narratives is about identity—individual and national—and belonging. It is also an affirmation of diversity. The editors of this volume have brought together articles that analyze the literature of migration as well as creative pieces by recognized authors who have a lived experience of migration. English speakers will find their own societal ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

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  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Man Booker Prize Winner)

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  • To Kill a Mockingbird

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  • Gone Again

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