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Book Synopsis:
Black Taste, Black Odour
Ali al-Muqri
In Black Taste, Black Odour (Dar El-Saqi, Beirut, 2008), Yemeni author Ali al-Muqri transports his readers into the city slums where poverty, filth, cruelty and injustice run rife. Basing his novel on historical research, al-Muqri explores the atrocious conditions in which the Akhdam class (the outcasts of Yemeni society) live.
Previous Years
You can find a complete history of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction here. Information on all the winners, shortlisted and longlisted...
Translations
One of the main aims of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction is to encourage the translation of Arabic literature into other languages....