The Sobbing of the Duduk

Description

In this novelistic memoir, novelist Jalal Barjas—winner of the 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction—reveals little-known milestones of his life and the arduous path he took to achieve his current stature in the literary world. He takes us on an engaging and profound journey, beautifully interweaving his own story with the tales of three cities he visited and three books that accompanied him on his travels. All of this is conveyed through exquisite, revealing language, marked by the kind of bold, confessional honesty so needed in the Arab world.
Barjas chronicles his personal journey, delving deeply into reading, writing, travel, love, failure, and success, while exploring human joys and sorrows and how they take shape from childhood onward. *The Sobbing of the Duduk* is the story of a writer who—with only three hours of free time each day—managed to secure his place among the ranks of world-class authors.