{"product_id":"honey-hunger-hardcover","title":"Honey Hunger - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZahran Alqasmi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarilyn Booth\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA breathtaking novel of longing, uncertainty, and ultimately of hope, written by an International Prize for Arabic Fiction-winning author and an International Booker-prize winning translator\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAzzan is a beekeeper in a rural community in Oman. Devoted to tending his bees and searching for wild hives, he encounters Thamna, a lone shepherd woman, on a mountain slope and is captivated by her and her honey-colored eyes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross the breathtaking vistas of Oman's remote mountains and plains, Azzan's troubled past and present unfold. A disappointment to his family, he turns to drink, and ultimately discovers the healing power of his beekeeping, before an accident in which he loses all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZahran Alqasmi's masterful novel thrums forward with a subtle momentum. His lucid, poetic writing conveys a visceral sense of time and place, of the fragile ecologies inhabited by both bees and humans alike, in this intense and compelling novel of loss and hope.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZahran Alqasmi (Author) \u003c\/b\u003eis an Omani poet and novelist, born in the Sultanate of Oman in 1974. \u003ci\u003eHoney\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHunger \u003c\/i\u003ewas his third of four published novels, and in 2023 he won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) for \u003ci\u003eThe Water Diviner. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has also published ten poetry collections and a collection of short stories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilyn Booth (Translated by) \u003c\/b\u003eis professor emerita, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Magdalen College, Oxford University. Her translations of Omani author Jokha Alharthi include \u003ci\u003eBitter Orange Tree \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCelestial Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the International Booker Prize. She has also translated \u003ci\u003eVoices of the Lost\u003c\/i\u003e by Hoda Barakat and \u003ci\u003eThe Open Door\u003c\/i\u003e (Hoopoe) by Latifa Al-Zayyat, which won the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, among other books.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733853704255,"sku":"9781649033918","price":102.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/43f9d627f383e3a8741bb7665e3a0194_be97ecf7-71be-4add-a906-02cf3b9c7c5b.webp?v=1765137674","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/honey-hunger-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}