by Rabih Alameddine · DEBOLSILLO · tapa dura · ISBN 9788499081038
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«L'home que explicava històries» is the novel by Rabih Alameddine published by Debolsillo in hardback, 672 pages, in Catalan.
Ossama arrives in Beirut and evokes the figure of his grandfather, a storyteller who performed in bars and markets. Through his narrative, the secrets of an eccentric family intertwine with tales of heroes, rogues, princesses, and treasures, blurring the line between reality and legend.
Originally published in English as «The Hakawati»; the Catalan translation is by Silvia Alemany Vilalta.
For readers of contemporary and literary fiction with an interest in the Middle East, Lebanon, 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.
