| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
194 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
The Fever -- Professional killers -- The Blake Precept -- How Ahmed Salem abandoned God -- The Devil is a black dog -- The First -- Taking Trinidad -- Something about the job -- How we didn't win -- Registration -- End of the world -- Twins -- Somewhere on the border -- Homecoming -- The Field -- The Desert is cold in the morning -- The Majestic clouds -- The Strongest knot -- The Dead ride fast. |
| Summary |
"From Cairo to Benghazi, from the Gaza Strip to the Darfur refugee camps of Chad, and from Budapest to Hungary's provinces, this 'impressive debut collection of 19 stories' (Publishers Weekly) is a powerful testament to how human beings are affected by the violent undercurrents of everyday life and also by extraordinary circumstances--war, poverty, extremist religion, revolution, and murder"--Page [4] of cover. |
| Subject |
Short stories, Hungarian -- Translations into English.
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Middle East -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780990004325 |
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0990004325 |
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