Ebook {Epub PDF} The Dark Side of Love by Rafik Schami

Spanning eight hundred and ninety-six pages and three sprawling generations of Syrian families, 'The Dark Side Of Love' is a massive, monumental paean to passion in all its tragic glory. Decades in its creation, Schami's work consists of three hundred and four separate fragments ordered together in the same intricate manner as the mosaics which adorn the Arab world's most splendid mosques/5(22). Rafik Schami's dazzling novel spans a century of Syrian history in which politics and religions continue to torment an entire people. Simultaneously, his poetic stories from three generations tell of the courage of lovers who risk death sooner than deny their passions. The Dark Side of Love is a story of Rana Shahin and Farid Mushtak, whose love story is similar to Romeo and Juliet, only this tale takes place in Syria, and the fighting between the families is much more violent. The novel begins when a body is found – a high ranking Muslim officer, and I presume that the remainder of the story unfolds like crime fiction, which is not really my cup of tea/5.

THE DARK SIDE OF LOVE. by Rafik Schami and translated by Anthea Bell. BUY NOW FROM. AMAZON BARNES NOBLE LOCAL BOOKSELLER GET WEEKLY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: Email Address Subscribe. Tweet. KIRKUS REVIEW. Romeo and Juliet meets Arturo Pérez-Reverte and John le Carré in the dusty streets of Damascus in this novel from. The Dark Side of Love is full-to-bursting with different varieties of passion. Sycamore Review. A masterpiece! A marvel of prose that mixes myths, tales, legends, and a wonderful love story. Die Zeit. Rafik Schami's novel is a festival for the imagination Süddeutsche Zeitung. An Arab retelling of Romeo and Juliet with a happy ending. Review: The Dark Side of Love by Rafik Schami Rachel Aspden enjoys the evocative portrayal of life in the Syrian capital in this passionate and sweeping novel.

Rafik Schami's dazzling novel spans a century of Syrian history in which politics and religions continue to torment an entire people. Simultaneously, his poetic stories from three generations tell of the courage of lovers who risk death sooner than deny their passions. Rafik Schami: Die dunkle Seite der Liebe (The Dark Side of Love) Barudi is a young police commissioner who has done well. He has been promoted from Aleppo to head up murder investigations in Damascus. And, linked to it, a love story that can have no happy ending, for reconciliation has no place within the old tribal structures. Rafik Schami dazzling novel spans a century of Syrian history in which politics and religions continue to torment an entire people.