Khatam Suleima خاتم سليمى

By: Bali, Rima ريما بالي
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Khatam Suleima خاتم سليمى

Language: Arabic
Softcover
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خاتم سُليمى بقلم ريما بالي ... حكاية عن تاريخٍ ينسدل كبساطٍ مضرج بالعشق والدم. خاتمٌ قديمٌ يدور بين أصابع الحكّائين في شتّى بقاع الأرض. سوريّة هي أرض الحكايات، وسلمى حائرةٌ بين العاشق والمعشوق؛ بين الماضي الثريّ ممتد الأثر، والحاضر الرمادي المخضّب بالفقد والاقتتال. فهل تعثر سلمى على بوصلة القلب وتقرّر مصيرها؟ هل تستسلم لرمال الماضي المتحرّكة التي تذوب فيها وتُذيبها، أم تترك جسدها لوتر القوس المشدود شطر الغرب؟

Shortlisted for the 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (Arab Booker), «Suleima's Ring» by Syrian writer Rima Bali.

Unfolding across Aleppo and Toledo, the novel tells the interwoven stories of half Spanish, half Jewish photographer Lucas and Syrian protagonist Selma. Switching between multiple narrators, it explores the relationships between Selma and Shams al-Din – an Italian musician living in Aleppo with whom she is infatuated – along with Lucas, Lucas’ girlfriend Lola, and his son. The titular ring, at times held by various characters, alludes to the legendary ...
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Shortlisted for the 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction

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Product Details
By:Bali, Rima ريما بالي
Language:Arabic
Format:Softcover
Pages: 304 pp
Publisher:Tanmia Publisher, Cairo 2024
Dimensions:14 x 21 cm
ISBN-13:9789776633599
Topic:Arabic Fiction - Syria

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About the author
Rima Bali is a Syrian writer, born in Aleppo, Syria, in 1969. After studying Commerce and Economics at Aleppo University, she worked in the tourism and hotel sector, managing a historic hotel in old Aleppo until the outbreak of the war in the city. She continued to live there during the first three years of the conflict, before leaving Syria in 2015. She now resides in Madrid, Spain.

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