The Gates of Paradise
$48.55
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
11 November 2025
Summary
A fast-paced, suspenseful novel that questions desire, painful family dynamics, and the preoccupations with Jihadism.
Yaqoub, a Kuwaiti man in his sixties, devotes all his time to managing his many successful businesses. His wife, frustrated by the deteriorating situation of their marriage, fills the void in her existence with unbridled consumption. But the luxury in which their family bathes cannot hide the echoes of a terrible absence, that of Ahmad, the youngest son, who has turned…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781623716073 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1623716071 |
| Author: | Taleb Alrefai, Kay Heikkinen |
| Publisher: | Interlink Publishing Group, Inc |
| Imprint: | Interlink Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 11 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm |
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About The Author
Taleb Alrefai
Taleb Alrefai was born in Kuwait in 1958. He is the award-winning author of a dozen novels and several collections of short stories. He was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of Arts and Letters) in France in 2023.
Kay Heikkinen is a translator and academic who holds a PhD from Harvard University and was Ibn Rushd Lecturer of Arabic at the University of Chicago. Among other books, she has translated Naguib Mahfouz’s In the Time of Love and Radwa Ashour’s The Woman from Tantoura and the Granada trilogy.
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