The Storyteller of Marrakesh: A Novel簡介，目錄書摘
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The Storyteller of Marrakesh: A Novel
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內(nèi)容簡介:Each year the storyteller Hassan gathers listeners to the city square to share their recollections of a young foreign couple who mysteriously disappeared some time ago. As various witnesses describe their encounters with the couple their tales overlapping, confirming and contradicting each other Hassan hopes to light upon details that will explain what happened to them, and to absolve his own brother, who is in prison for their disappearance. As testimonies circle an elusive truth, the couple take on an air as enigmatic as their fate. But is this annual storytelling ritual a genuine attempt to uncover the truth, or is it intended instead to weave an ambiguous mythology around a crime? THE STORYTELLER OF MARRAKESH was inspired by the author s first visit to Morocco, a visit during which he fell passionately in love with the Maghreb. In his words, It hit me like a bolt of lightning. I have seldom been to a part of the world where the arts are so much in the forefront of daily existence and it opened the doorway to my conceiving of a cycle of novels that could articulate that passion. The Indian-born Roy-Bhattacharya writes from the perspective of 21st century cosmopolitanism. Author of the internationally-acclaimed The Gabriel Club, set in Hungary and Austria, he is adept at narratives that thrive on complex amalgams of cultures. Yet there was something about Morocco that struck the deepest of chords with him, and as he spent more time in this familiar but also strangely unfamiliar place , it helped him rediscover, in a way, the enormously rich and diverse heritage of our world, in a voyage of the senses accentuated by the wild physical beauty of the land. The first in a cycle of novels set in the Islamic world, THE STORYTELLER OF MARRAKESH is the wondrous and enigmatic literary child born of Roy-Bhattacharya s love for the universe of storytelling a universe saturated with realities and fictions, histories and mythologies. With lyrical writing and vividly drawn characters, THE STORYTELLER OF MARRAKESH takes the reader into its confidence with an unusual depth of intimacy. It is in equal parts a mystery, a love story, and a beautiful depiction of the bond that exists between people, irrespective of their race or religion. Like the mystical Hassan, forever searching for answers to a mystery that never seems to give back answers, Roy-Bhattacharya is a true storyteller and one who defies easy categorizations. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
作者簡介:Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya was born in Jamshedpur, India, and lives in New York. His first novel, The Gabriel Club, was published to great acclaim in over fifteen countries. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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