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Title: DEAR MR. KOWABATA
By: Rashid Al-Daif, Paul Starkey (Trans), Margaret Drabble (Foreword)
Format: Paperback

List price: £7.00


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ISBN 10: 0704381133
ISBN 13: 9780704381131
Publisher: QUARTET BOOKS
Pub. date: 1 April, 1999
Pages: 166
Translated from: Arabic
Description: A mesmerising and haunting tale of a young dying Lebanese man. In his mind he writes to Japanese writer, Mr Kawabata, arguing with his ideas of free will, living and dying. A bitter-sweet account of life in Beirut and how life could have been.
Synopsis: A mesmerising and haunting tale of a young dying Lebanese man. In his mind he writes to Japanese writer, Mr Kawabata, arguing with his ideas of free will, living and dying. A bitter-sweet account of life in Beirut and how life could have been.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Quartet Books
Returns: Returnable
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