An edition of Die dunkle Seite der Liebe (2004)

The Dark Side of Love

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An edition of Die dunkle Seite der Liebe (2004)

The Dark Side of Love

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A dead man hangs from the portal of St Paul s Chapel in Damascus . He was a Muslim officer and he was murdered. But when Detective Barudi set s out to interrogate the man s mysterious widow, the Secret Service takes the case away from him. Barudi continues to investigate clandestinely and discovers the murderer s motive : it is a blood feud between the Mushtak and Shahin clans , reaching back to the beginnings of the 20th century. And, linked to it , a love story that can have no happy ending, for reconciliation has no place in old tribal structures . Rafik Schami s dazzling novel spans a century of Syrian history in which politics and religions continue to torment an entire people . He chart s the escalating cycle of hatred and violence and the acute danger to those unwilling to subscribe to the laws of kinship.

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Publisher
Arabia Books
Language
English
Pages
856

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Die dunkle Seite der Liebe
Die dunkle Seite der Liebe
2010, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Hardcover in German
Cover of: The Dark Side of Love
The Dark Side of Love
2009, Interlink Books
Paperback in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: The Dark Side of Love
The Dark Side of Love
March 8, 2009, Arabia Books
Paperback in English
Cover of: Die dunkle Seite der Liebe
Die dunkle Seite der Liebe
2006, dtv
Paperback in German - Ungekürzte Taschenbuchausgabe

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London, UK

Edition Notes

Translation Of
Die dunkle Seite der Liebe
Translated From
German

Classifications

Library of Congress
PT2680.A448

Contributors

Translator
Anthea Bell

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
853 pages : illustrations
Number of pages
856
Dimensions
21.5 x 13.5 x 4.5 centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25125433M
Internet Archive
darksideoflove0000scha
ISBN 10
1906697116
ISBN 13
9781906697112
OCLC/WorldCat
429667259
Amazon ID (ASIN)

Work Description

Über dem Tor der Pauluskapelle in Damaskus hängt eines Morgens ein Toter. Bei dem Ermordeten handelt es sich um einen muslimischen Offizier. Als Kommissar Barudi die Witwe verhören will, wird ihm der Fall vom Geheimdienst entzogen. Heimlich recherchiert er weiter und findet das Tatmotiv: eine Blutfehde zwischen den Clans der Muschtaks und der Schahins. In vielerlei Facetten schildert Schami den eskalierenden Wahnsinn von Hass und Gewalt und die akute Bedrohung für den, der sich dem Diktat der Sippe nicht beugt. Zugleich erzählt er in poetischen Geschichten von einer Liebe, die eigentlich nicht sein darf, weil Versöhnung nicht vorkommt in den alten Familienstrukturen, und vom Mut der Liebenden, denen der Tod droht und die dennoch die Unterdrückung ihrer Leidenschaft nicht zulassen wollen.

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