Coming in December: Hussein Barghouthi’s Autobiographical ‘The Blue Light,’ Two Iraqi Novels, & More
This month: four new translations of Arabic novels from Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq.
Jalal Bargas
‘Notebooks of the Booksellers’ Wins 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
“In intensely poetic language, Jordanian writer Jalal Barjas throws light on a totally schizophrenic reality in his country, which lies on a fault line prone to frequent tremors.”
IPAF Judging Chair Announces 2021 Shortlist ‘Rivaling the Best Books of the Prize’
In the video, judging chair Chawki Bazih said that although there the novels submitted to the prize were fewer in number than in previous years, they were of a high quality, “rivaling the best books of the prize since its inception.”