28.00 NIS
SKU: 9781999683368
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Author: Ahmad Danny Ramadan
Winner of the Canadian Authors Association's Fred Kerner Award for Best Overall Fiction Book.
Winner of Independent Publisher Gold Medal - LGBT Fiction
Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award - Gay Fiction - 2018.
Shortlisted for The OLA's Evergreen Award - 2018
Longlisted for Canada Reads - 2018
Top Ten Books in 2017 by Toronto Star
Best 100 Books by The Globe and Mail.
The Clothesline Swing is a journey through the troublesome aftermath of the Arab Spring. A former Syrian refugee himself, Ramadan unveils an enthralling tale of courage that weaves through the mountains of Syria, the valleys of Lebanon, the encircling seas of Turkey, the heat of Egypt and finally, the hope of a new home in Canada.
Inspired by Arabian Tales of One Thousand and One Nights, The Clothesline Swing tells the epic story of two lovers anchored to the memory of a dying Syria. One is a Hakawati, a storyteller, keeping life in forward motion by relaying remembered fables to his dying partner. Each night he weaves stories of his childhood in Damascus, of the cruelty he has endured for his sexuality, of leaving home, of war, of his fated meeting with his lover. Meanwhile Death himself, in his dark cloak, shares the house with the two men, eavesdropping on their secrets as he awaits their final undoing.
May 2, 2019 by The Indigo Press
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2019,
Ahmad Danny Ramadan,
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Contemporary,
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