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The Dark Side of Love

The Dark Side of Love

Rafik Schami
4.1/5 ( ratings)
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An international bestseller available in English for the first time,a story of forbidden love set against the background of Arabic culture and endless feuds between clans

A dead man hangs from the portal of St Paul s Chapel in Damascus. He was a Muslim officer and he was murdered. But when Detective Barudi sets out to interrogate the man s mysterious widow, the Secret Service takes the case away from him. Barudi continues to investigate clandestinely and discovers the murderer s motive: it is a blood feud between the Mushtak and Shahin clans, reaching back to the beginnings of the 20th century. And, linked to it, a love story that can have no happy ending, for reconciliation has no place within the old tribal structures.

Rafik Schami s dazzling novel spans a century of Syrian history in which politics and religions continue to torment an entire people. Simultaneously, his poetic stories from three generations tell of the courage of lovers who risk death sooner than deny their passions. He has also written a heartfelt tribute to his hometown Damascus and a great and moving hymn to the power of love
Language
English
Pages
900
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Interlink Books
Release
April 01, 2009
ISBN
1566567807
ISBN 13
9781566567800

The Dark Side of Love

Rafik Schami
4.1/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
An international bestseller available in English for the first time,a story of forbidden love set against the background of Arabic culture and endless feuds between clans

A dead man hangs from the portal of St Paul s Chapel in Damascus. He was a Muslim officer and he was murdered. But when Detective Barudi sets out to interrogate the man s mysterious widow, the Secret Service takes the case away from him. Barudi continues to investigate clandestinely and discovers the murderer s motive: it is a blood feud between the Mushtak and Shahin clans, reaching back to the beginnings of the 20th century. And, linked to it, a love story that can have no happy ending, for reconciliation has no place within the old tribal structures.

Rafik Schami s dazzling novel spans a century of Syrian history in which politics and religions continue to torment an entire people. Simultaneously, his poetic stories from three generations tell of the courage of lovers who risk death sooner than deny their passions. He has also written a heartfelt tribute to his hometown Damascus and a great and moving hymn to the power of love
Language
English
Pages
900
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Interlink Books
Release
April 01, 2009
ISBN
1566567807
ISBN 13
9781566567800

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