{"product_id":"9781649033901","title":"Honey Hunger : A Novel","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Alqasmi, Zahran\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 4 February 2025 by American University in Cairo Press (Hoopoe) in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 292 pages\u003cbr\u003e134 x 204 x 19 | 354g\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2025 SAIF GHOBASH BANIPAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC LITERARY TRANSLATION 'An evocative, unpredictable novel.'—Words Without BordersA breathtaking novel of longing, uncertainty, and ultimately of hopeAzzan is a beekeeper in a rural community in Oman. Devoted to tending his bees and searching for wild hives, he encounters Thamna, a lone shepherd woman, on a mountain slope and is captivated by her and her honey-colored eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the breathtaking vistas of Oman’s remote mountains and plains, Azzan’s troubled past and present unfold. A disappointment to his family, he turns to drink, and ultimately discovers the healing power of his beekeeping, before an accident in which he loses all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZahran Alqasmi’s masterful novel thrums forward with a subtle momentum. His lucid, poetic writing conveys a visceral sense of time and place, of the fragile ecologies inhabited by both bees and humans alike, in this intense and compelling novel of loss and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alqasmi, Zahran","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52509257760952,"sku":"9781649033901","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781649033901.jpg?v=1769596798","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781649033901","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}