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| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Prize for Arabic Fiction | 2021 | Winner |
About This Book
An itinerant book peddler travels through Jordanian towns and villages, encountering a rich cross-section of Arab society in a meditation on literacy, culture, and the social role of books written with warmth and understated comedy.
About the Author
Jalal Barjas is a Jordanian novelist born in 1970. He is one of Jordan's most celebrated literary writers, known for fiction that engages with the lives of marginalized and overlooked people with great compassion and narrative skill. He is a significant voice in the contemporary Jordanian and wider Arab literary scene. Read more →
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