by Hanan Al-Shaykh · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780747557920
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«Only in London» is the novel by Hanan Al-Shaykh, published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Four strangers from the Arab world meet on a flight from Dubai to London that hits turbulence: Lamis, recently divorced from a wealthy Iraqi; Nicholas, an expert in Islamic daggers at Sotheby's; Amira, a Moroccan woman living off illicit earnings; and Samir, a transvestite with a monkey hidden in a basket. After landing, their lives become intertwined.
The novel was originally published in Arabic and this edition is the English translation; the original title is «انها لندن يا عزيزي». It was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2002.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in the lives of Arab migrants in London.
Hanan al-Shaykh is a Lebanese author.
