https://adamtalib.com/tags/magical-realism/Recent content in Magical Realism on Adam TalibHugoen-USWed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://adamtalib.com/publications/translations/sarmada/Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://adamtalib.com/publications/translations/sarmada/<p>Fadi Azzam&rsquo;s <em>Sarmada</em> tells the layered stories of a village in southern Syria, where memory, legend, desire, violence, and political dread move through generations. The novel draws on magical realism and Arabic storytelling traditions to portray a place haunted by its past and by the pressures of dictatorship and exile.</p> <h2 id="reviews">Reviews</h2> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;[&hellip;] the gem of the Arabic literature of dissent.&rdquo; — <em>The New Yorker</em> (<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/sarmada-the-essential-novel-of-the-syrian-spring">Full review</a>)</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;Brimful of magic, Sarmada is a book to be swallowed in rapturous gulps. It&rsquo;s beautifully written and, save the rare plunge into cliché, beautifully translated by Adam Talib.&rdquo; — <em>The Independent</em> (<a href="https://interlinkbooks.com/product/sarmada/">Interlink</a>)</p>