ISBN: 9789774167812

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Hoopoe, 2016
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 1.8 x 13 cm

Set between the 1960s and 2000s, No Knives in the Kitchens of this City unravels the systems of fear and control under Assad. With eloquence and startling honesty, it speaks of the persecution of a whole society. A profound portrayal of life under tyranny by an acclaimed Syrian writer in the once beautiful city of Aleppo, one Syrian family descends into tragedy and ruin.