Farida

By (author): Naïm Kattan

Translated by: Antonio D’Alfonso

In this classic love story featuring passion, jealousy and murder, and set in pre-World War II Iraq, Farida, a Jewish woman and cabaret singer, struggles for survival and her freedom in a world on the edge of upheaval and on which falls the dark shadow of war.

AUTHOR

Antonio D’Alfonso

Poet, novelist, essayist, translator, Antonio D’Alfonso has published more than 60 books and has made four feature films. For his writings, he won the Trillium Award, the Bressani Award, and the New York Independent Film Award. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and an Honorary Doctorate from Athabasca University. He lives in Montreal, QC.


AUTHOR

Naïm Kattan

Born in Iraq, Naïm Kattan moved to Montreal in 1954. Award-winning novelist, short story writer and critic, Kattan has published more than 30 books, a few of which have been translated into English, including Farewell, Babylon: Coming of Age in Jewish Baghdad, The Neighbour and Other Stories, Reality and Theatre, and A.M. Klein: Poet and Prophet. Today, Kattan divides his time between Montreal and Paris. Educator, religious studies scholar, and art critic, Montrealer Norman Cornett, Ph.D., teaches at universities throughout North America and Europe. His translations appear in leading literary journals including Canadian Literature, Rampike, Literary Review of Canada, ARC, and Windsor Review. Writer, editor, translator, publisher, filmmaker, Antonio D?Alfonso is the author of over 30 books. His novel Un vendredi du mois d?août won the Trillium Award in 2005. Aside from his own award-winning writing, he has translated some of Quebec?s finest authors.

Reviews

In Faraj Bayrakdar?s short verses life struggles against despair; humanity throws itself against the bars of the captor?s cell. It?s through these slim spaces that art must do its trick: slither in and remind us that creativity is a belief in the impossible. John Asfour?s skillful translations of these poems are honed, accurate and spring-loaded with intensity. ? Elee Kraljii Gardiner, co-editor with John Asfour of V6A: Writing from Vancouver?s Downtown Eastside

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Details

Dimensions:

256 Pages
8.05in * 5.00in * .70in
280.00gr

Published:

April 01, 2015

Publisher:

Guernica Editions

ISBN:

9781771830386

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Literary

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Language:

eng

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