Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Hush Now, Canary

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In a city strained by fear and uncertainty, lives intersect in fleeting moments of intimacy, loss, and endurance. Hush Now, Canary unfolds through a polyphonic structure, giving voice to the living, the displaced, the imprisoned, and the dead, each bearing witness to how ordinary life fractures under pressure. Blending stark realism with subtle surrealism, the novel resists grand explanations and instead lingers on gestures, silences, and the fragile persistence of memory.A canary moves through the narrative as a recurring presence—at once observer, symbol, and thread—binding together stories shaped by disappearance and survival. Told with restraint and lyrical precision, Mustafa Khalid’s novel is less concerned with spectacle than with how people continue to speak, remember, and exist when certainty collapses. Translated with clarity and sensitivity by William Hutchins, Hush Now, Canary is a powerful work of contemporary literary fiction that affirms the endurance of voice in moments of profound rupture.

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Utgivningsdatum: 2026-07-06
Mått: 129 x 198 x 11 mm
Vikt: 134 g
Format: Häftad
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 128
Förlag: Dar Arab
Medarbetare: Ali Al Mujaini
ISBN: 9781788711166
Översättare: William Hutchins
Utmärkelser: Winner of Bait Al-Ghasham DarArab International Translation Prize 2025 (UK)

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Mustafa Khalid is a Sudanese writer, novelist, and medical doctor, born in Omdurman in 1998. He has published several novels and a short story collection, and his works have received awards and support from Arab cultural institutions, including a grant from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) and the Tayeb Salih Award for Creative Writing.William Maynard Hutchins was born in Berea, Kentucky, and holds degrees from Yale University and the University of Chicago. Recent translations include “I’m in Seattle, Where are You?” by Mortada Gzar, “Ibn Arabi’s Small Death” by Mohammed Hasan Alwan, and “Land of Sweetheart Deals” by Wajdi al-Ahdal, published with DarArab in 2024.

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