{"product_id":"death-is-hard-work-paperback","title":"Death Is Hard Work - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKhaled Khalifa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dogged, absurd quest through the nightmare of the Syrian civil war\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKhaled Khalifa's\u003ci\u003e Death Is Hard Work\u003c\/i\u003e is the new novel from the greatest chronicler of Syria's ongoing and catastrophic civil war: a tale of three ordinary people facing down the stuff of nightmares armed with little more than simple determination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbdel Latif, an old man from the Aleppo region, dies peacefully in a hospital bed in Damascus. His final wish, conveyed to his youngest son, Bolbol, is to be buried in the family plot in their ancestral village of Anabiya. Though Abdel was hardly an ideal father, and though Bolbol is estranged from his siblings, this conscientious son persuades his older brother Hussein and his sister Fatima to accompany him and the body to Anabiya, which is--after all--only a two-hour drive from Damascus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere's only one problem: Their country is a war zone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the landscape of their childhood now a labyrinth of competing armies whose actions are at once arbitrary and lethal, the siblings' decision to set aside their differences and honor their father's request quickly balloons from a minor commitment into an epic and life-threatening quest. Syria, however, is no longer a place for heroes, and the decisions the family must make along the way--as they find themselves captured and recaptured, interrogated, imprisoned, and bombed--will prove to have enormous consequences for all of them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKhaled Khalifa (1964-2023) was born near Aleppo, Syria, the fifth child of a family of thirteen siblings. He studied law at Aleppo University and actively participated in the foundation of \u003ci\u003eAleph \u003c\/i\u003emagazine with a group of writers and poets. A few months later, the magazine was closed down by Syrian censorship. Active in the arts scene in Damascus where he lived, Khalifa was a writer of screenplays for television and cinema as well as novels that explore Syrian history. His 2019 novel \u003ci\u003eDeath Is Hard Work\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeri Price\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of Khaled Khalifa's \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Hatred \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNo Knives in the Kitchens of This City\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as literature from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Syria, and Saudi Arabia.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44324693016678,"sku":"9781250251077","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/N1kZh_ky3O9781250251077.webp?v=1768207851","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/death-is-hard-work-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}