Breaking Knees by Zakaria Tamer
Wry, satirical, and bawdy, Zakaria Tamer's microfiction is always informed by his dark view of humanity and of Syrian society in particular. Through these mordant glimpses of corrupt, fearful lives under a violent dictatorship, it is possible to discern echoes of the storm that has brought Syria to near-disintegration.
Unsentimental and brilliantly compressed, these sixty-three stories are the work of a virtuoso.
Zakaria Tamer was born in 1931 in Damascus. A former journalist, he has written in a variety of forms, but the genre for which he is best known is al-qissa al-qasira jjiddan, the very short story.
Zakaria Tamer was born in 1931 in Damascus. He left school at thirteen to help support his family, and subsequently educated himself. He has written in a variety of forms, from satirical newspaper columns to children's books, but the genre for which he is best known is al-qissa al-qasira jjiddan, the very short story. A former editor of al-Ma'rifa, a magazine published by the culture ministry, he was fired in 1980 for publishing pro-freedom content. He exiled himself from Syria and immigrated to the UK, where he lives today.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781902932453 |
| ISBN 10 | 1902932455 |
| Title | Breaking Knees |
| Author | Zakaria Tamer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Garnet Publishing |
| Year published | 2016-03-31 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
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