by Rabih Alameddine · DEBOLSILLO · tapa dura · ISBN 9788499081021
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«El contador de historias» is the contemporary fiction novel by Rabih Alameddine, published by Debolsillo in hardcover (659 pages, in Spanish).
Osama returns to Beirut and, while reuniting with his eccentric family, recalls his grandfather, a storyteller who captivated audiences in bars and markets. With heroes, villains, princesses, slave girls, and hidden treasures, his stories blended reality and legend; following in his footsteps, Osama turns life into a magical tale.
Original title: The Hakawati; translation by Toni Hill Gumbao.
It is suitable reading for book clubs and for those interested in Middle Eastern narrative and magical realism.
Rabih Alameddine is a Lebanese painter and writer. His 2021 novel The Wrong End of the Telescope won the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. He also won the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction for his novel The True True Story of Raja the Gullible.
