by Rabih Alameddine, Silvia Alemany Vilalta · ROSA DELS VENTS · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401387203
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«L'home que explicava històries» is the literary fiction novel by Rabih Alameddine, published by Rosa dels Vents in hardback (656 pages, in Catalan).
Ossama arrives in Beirut and recalls his grandfather, a celebrated storyteller in bars and markets, while uncovering the secrets of his peculiar family. The narrative weaves reality and legend, loves and grudges, heroes and rogues; the current war echoes ancient battles and time bends to desire in a world where anything is possible.
Originally published in English as The Hakawati, this Catalan edition is translated by Silvia Alemany Vilalta and belongs to the Narrativa collection (no. 136092).
A novel with echoes of One Thousand and One Nights, for readers of literary fiction and magical realism, set in the Middle East.
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.
