The American Quarter (Novel)
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| Author | Jabbour Douaihy |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Country | Lebanese |
| Language | Arabic |
| Publisher | Dar Al-Saqi |
Publication date | year 2014 |
| Pages | 160 |
| Awards | Arab Booker Prize |
The American Quarter is a novel by the Lebanese novelist Jabbour Douaihy [1]and got published by Dar Al-Saqi specifically in London, year 2014. Moreover, it was longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, known as the (Arab Booker Prize), year 2014. [2]
About the Novel[edit]
This novel revolves around a story about two worlds in one city, Tripoli in Lebanon. The first world is (The American Quarter) the poor, miserable and immersed in politics, for which the novel took its name as a title. However, the second world is (Al-Azzam Palace) in reality, in upscale elite. The daughter of the first world was called (Intisar), as she served the palace with satisfaction which suggests coexistence between the people of the two contradictory worlds. Adding, that she was surprised by her son’s disappearance, only to discover that he had been recruited to carry out a suicide operation in Iraq. This novel is about a hectic spacetime that is full of explosive events and possibilities.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ "جبور الدويهي | International Prize for Arabic Fiction". www.arabicfiction.org. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ↑ "2015 | International Prize for Arabic Fiction". www.arabicfiction.org. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ↑ "International Prize For Arabic Fiction".
| International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2015 | |
|---|---|
| Short list | Diamonds and Women (by Lina Hoyan Al-Hassan), Hanging Life (Atef Abu Saif), Shawq AL-Darweesh (by Lahmour Ziada), Floor 99 (by Lana Al-Hassan), Al-Taliani (Lashkri Al-Mabkhout), Al-Safsaf Corridor (by Ahmed Al-Madini) |
| Long list | The daughter of Susluv (by Habib Abd-alrab Al-Sururi), A sharp deviation (by Ashram Al-khamaisi), The Size of a Grape (by Lumna Al-Shimy), Away from the Noise Close to the Sacks (by Mohammed Barada), Graphite (by Hisham Al-Khishen), The American Quarter (by Jabbour Douaihy), Narrators (by Mama Hassan), Ryan and Kafa (by Hideyah Hussain), The Drowning of Moreh Lake (by Antoine Douaihy), Don't Tell Your Vision (by What Al-Hammadi) |
| Jury members | Ayman Ahmed El-Desouqy, Berwin Habib, Kaoru Yamamoto, Mourid Al-Barghothi, Abdullah Kazem |
| Notes | The winning novel is written in bold and indicated with an asterisk (*) on the short list. |
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