Comments on: Fragments of Love, Behind Glass: Rafik Schami’s The Dark Side of Love

By: Highlights from the AUC Press Fall 2010 Catalog « Arabic Literature (in English)

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:55:25 +0000

[...] Secret, by Rafik Schami (translated from German by the brilliant Anthea Bell). I had a very mixed reaction to Schami’s The Dark Side of Love, which was shortlisted for the Independent’s foreign [...]

By: Judge for Foreign Fiction Prize: English-Language Readers Becoming More Open to Translation « Arabic Literature (in English)

Mon, 24 May 2010 04:08:05 +0000

[...] He enthused about non-literary translations like Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, which helps bring translation out of the “literary” or high-brow ghetto. He also enthused about Syrian author Rafik Schami’s The Dark Side of Love, which was on the shortlist for the Independent’s 2010 foreign fiction prize. I can agree with him about its readability, although I had other problems with the book. [...]

By: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Shortlists /Dark Side of Love/, not /Yalo/ « Arabic Literature (in English)

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:54:32 +0000

[...] Of those four, one has reached the shortlist: The Dark Side of Love. You can read my review of it here. [...]

By: The Independent’s ‘Foreign Fiction’ Longlist Features Four Arab Writers « Arabic Literature (in English)

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:59:21 +0000

[...] have reviewed Sunset Oasis and The Dark Side of Love; I have unfortunately not yet read The Madman of Freedom Square, but you can find it reviewed by M. [...]