Details about the book
- date of publication: 10.09.2004
- 320 Pages
- Hanser Verlag
- hardcover
- ISBN 978-3-446-20538-3
- Deutschland: 21,50 €
- Österreich: 22,10 €
Najem returns from the Kuwaiti front to bad news. The woman-next-door tells him his wife has run off with her husband. She persuades him to travel with her to the mysterious town of Tell al-Lahm (»Mountain of Meat«), a thousand miles away. On the way, Najem Wali reveals the history and secret longings of his protagonists – and the face of a country scarred by dictatorship and two terrible wars.
»Wali has written a quick-paced, burlesque road movie of a novel, praising the intensity of life in times of trouble.« (Die ZEIT)
»Despite the very real setting, some of these stories seem fantastic and fairy-tale-like, as if taken from "1001 Nights".« (Süddeutsche Zeitung )
