The Russian Quarter
by Khalil Alrez
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The Russian Quarter tells the story of a neighbourhood which for many years resists being dragged into the war going on around it, but is finally compelled to get involved. However, it enters the war with stories rather than weapons. Some of the book’s characters are a giraffe from the zoo, a poodle, a female Afghan hound and a sparrow made of wool. Its human ones include the narrator, a translator living in the zoo in the Russian quarter; Victor Ivanitch, a Russian former journalist and now manager of the zoo; Abu Ali Suleiman, French teacher and owner of a clothes shop; ‘Isam, a popular hero working in a cabaret; Rashida from Morocco, former oud player in the cabaret; Arkady Kuzmitch, a little-known Russian writer; and Nuna, daughter of a clarinet player, who knits wool and lives with the narrator in the zoo, and many others
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Editions Difaf
Editions Difaf, a Lebanese publishing house founded in 2012, in response to the market need of modern and classic Arabic literature, comparative literature and novels in Philosophy and related subjects. The house has faced great challenges and was able to present hundreds of intellectual titles, linguistics and novels. Many of the publishing house books was shortlisted for the following leading literary awards (Sheikh Zayed Book Award, the Booker prize, Naguib Mahfouz) and has become an important source in the studies issued by Arab scholars. Behind this literature is a committee of reviewers who carefully select books eligible for publishing. Editions Difaf created partnership agreements to overcome distribution barriers and governmental censorship. Moreover, the publishing house focused throughout the past years on translating non-Arabic literature. Panda is a part of Edition Difaf which focuses on publishing children's books. Up till now more than 120 titles were published to serve the youth in the Arab countries.
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- Publisher Difaf Publisher
- Orginal LanguageArabic
- ISBN/Identifier 9786140217249
- Publication Country or regionLebanon
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 12 USD
- Pages286
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language Titleالحي الروسي
- Original Language AuthorsArabic
- Copyright Year2019
- Dimensions21.5*14.5 cm
- Illustrationno
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