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You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. Alameddine lists his influences as A Thousand and One Nights,Ovids Metamorphoses, The Old Testament, the Koran, Italo Calvinos Italian Folktales and many more. If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for $69 per month.įor cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. The Hakawati is a rich tapestry, both compelling and moving of familys history woven together with various tales and tales within tales. Rabih Alameddine follows his international bestseller The Hakawati with an enchanting story of the life of a book-loving, obsessive, seventy-two-year-old, blue-haired unnecessary woman, living in Beirut. It seems to be the first time a novel has come out from a major press with an Arabic title moreover, the title is practically buoyant on the cover. I was struck initially by the book's title, the Arabic word for storyteller. For a full comparison of Standard and Premium Digital, click here.Ĭhange the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. Rabih Alameddine has spun a honeycomb of fable, family history, and Lebanese lore in his newest novel, The Hakawati. Premium Digital includes access to our premier business column, Lex, as well as 15 curated newsletters covering key business themes with original, in-depth reporting. Standard Digital includes access to a wealth of global news, analysis and expert opinion.

During your trial you will have complete digital access to FT.com with everything in both of our Standard Digital and Premium Digital packages. Ever since the Lebanese-American painter-writer, Rabih Alameddine wrote his book The Hakawati (published in the US in 2008) which won critical acclaim around the world, this rich Arabic.

The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine