Printed in Beirut by Jabbour Douaihy, translated by Paula Haydar [in Booklist]
15 Oct, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Lebanese, Middle Eastern, Repost, Translation
Farid Abu Shaar, a young man earnestly convinced of his own (unproven) literary genius, seeks a publisher for his red-notebook manuscript, The Book to Come. His publication attempts with Beirut’s publishing houses prove futile: “No one reads,” one publisher insists. Although his Karam Brothers Press...
