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Adel S. Bishtawi has been proclaimed "One of the most
important contemporary Arab novelists." His first novel,
Traces of a Tattoo, is
considered "One the most beautiful Arab novels and bound to be a
major landmark in contemporary Arab fiction." An English version of
this novel will be published in 2008.
Bishtawi's second novel,
Times of Death and Roses, was described by other critics as
a "great fiction work". "With it," said one, "Mr. Bishtawi has
succeeded in recording an entire epoch of history. For all that, he
has assumed a distinguished status among Arab novelists and made the
Times of Death and Roses a time of enjoyable reading."
Now both novels are available in English from
AuthorHouse,
Amazon and other outlets and the author hopes readers will find them
as enjoyable and interesting as their Arabic editions.
Read the press release
for the launch of Times of Death and Roses
Read
details about the new book
Here are a
few comments by literary critics on both novels:
Traces of a Tattoo:
'An odyssey in time and memory’
‘A major landmark in modern Arab literature
and will consecrate the author as one of the most important
contemporary Arab novelists’ Quds Al Arabi Newspaper (London)
‘Traces of a Tattoo is no ordinary novel. Evoking the example of
giant literary works such as Cities of Salt by Abdulrahman Munif,
The Boys of our Neighbourhood by Najib Mahfouz…it is an odyssey in
time and memory’ Al Sahraa Newspaper (Morocco)
‘…If you haven’t read
Traces of a Tattoo yet, I recommend you go grab it any way you can’
Anisa Benmoktar,
www.lovehabibi.com
Times of Death and Roses:
`A passionate, extremely romantic love story'
`A passionate, extremely romantic love story, posing problematic
questions: can love and life exist in times of destruction and
death? Could a rose blossom in a soil infected by mines? Could the
angels spread their white wings in an age of demons and senseless
killing?' Al Sahraa Newspaper (Morocco)
`A story of a beautiful sophisticated young woman directly in
conflict with a person portrayed as the human embodiment of a modern
Satan. Through this story, the novelist takes us, the readers, on a
journey where our destiny is to be possessed by the prince of
darkness, to touch it and to repeatedly feel an urge to free
ourselves from its grip. At times we cannot but sense the devil
lurking under our very skin; feel his breath released from deep down
within us.' Al Quds Al Arabi Newspaper (London)
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