Learning English

by Rashid Al-Daif

Book Overview

No matter how hard Rachid tries to recreate himself, to become educated and worldly--to "learn English"--it is impossible for this hip Beiruti with his cell phone and high-speed internet to sever the connection to his past in the Lebanese village of Zgharta, known for its "tough guys" and old-fashioned clan mentality. When the news of his father's murder, a case of blood revenge, reaches him by chance through a newspaper report, it drags him inescapably...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566566746
• ISBN13: 9781566566742
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Interlink Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"