From the author of Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio The Italian secret service has recieved intel that a group of Muslim immigrants based in Rome\'s Viale Marconi neighborhood is planning a terrorist attack.
Her translations for Europa Editions include novels by Elena Ferrante, Alessandro Piperno, Romano Bilenchi, and Giancarlo de Cataldo..
Ann Goldstein is an editor and head of the copy department at The New Yorker.
Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio (Europa Editions, 2008) was awarded Italy\'s prestigious Flaiano prize and was described by the Seattle Times as a "wonderfully offbeat novel." Lakhous lives in Italy.
He has a degree in philosophy from the University of Algiers and another in cultural anthropology from the University la Sapienza, Rome.
About the Author: Amara Lakhous was born in Algiers in 1970.
Marvelous set pieces, episodes rich in pathos, brilliant dialogue, and mordant folk proverbs combine as the novel moves towards an unforgettable and surprising finale that will have readers turning back to the first page of Lakhous\'s stunning novel to begin the ride all over again.
Divorce Islamic Style mixes the rational and the absurd as it describes the conflicts and the contradictions of today\'s world.
In alternating voices, with an anthropologist\'s keen eye and with sparkling wit Lakhous examines the commonplaces and stereotypes typical of life in multicultural societies.
He soon meets Sofia, a young Egyptian immigrant whose life with her husband, Said a.k.a Felice, an architect who has reinvented himself as a pizza cook, is anything but fulfilling.
Christian poses as Issa, a recently arrived Tunisian in search of a place to sleep and a job.
Christian Mazzari, a young Sicilian court translator who speaks perfect Arabic, goes undercover to infiltrate the group and learn who its leaders are.
From the author of Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio The Italian secret service has recieved intel that a group of Muslim immigrants based in Rome\'s Viale Marconi neighborhood is planning a terrorist attack
