In Aunt Merkel's Country

by Ahmad Omar, Yasser Ahmed (Illustrator)

Overview

A new collection of 16 short stories was published by the sarcastic Syrian writer Ahmed Omar. This book is his seventh edition, after five collections and a novel. It consists of 16 texts and comprises 142 pages. The writer uses his unique writing style to guide the reader on a magical journey. He mixes history and present, the Syrian homeland and the German diaspora, the spirituality of the East and the modernity of the West, the everyday language and the language of Ibn al-Qarih, tears and laughter, salt and sugar. He thereby shows his ambition to shape an extraordinary and new Arabic narrative.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783948011130
Publisher:	InterAssist
Publication date:	07/03/2019
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	142
File size:	1 MB
Language:	Arabic

About the Author

"أحمد عمر" كاتب سوري ولد في "عامودا" بريف الحسكة وعاش معظم حياته في حمص قبل أن يهجر إلى ألمانيا، يكتب القصة والمقالة بأسلوب ساخر بشكل أسبوعي في عدة صحف ومواقع إلكترونية. ومن أعماله القصصية "امرؤ القيد الكردي" "الحورية العثمانية" "كرسي ألماني" "حرب اهلية" "خلاف المقصود" رواية- "هدهد في زجاجة".