Ebook {Epub PDF} Jokes for the Gunmen by Mazen Maarouf

 · Jokes for the Gunmen made it onto the International Booker longlist in and Mazen Maarouf was compared with writers like Roald Dahl. It’s easy to see why as the stories in this collection get quite surreal and strange as it goes on.  · Jokes for the Gunmen. An unexpectedly brilliant collection of short fiction from Mazen Maarof, a fresh voice in the vein of Roald Dahl, Etgar Keret and .  · Jokes for the Gunmen. ISBN Author: Mazen Maarouf and Jonathan Wright. Publisher: Granta. Guideline Price: £Author: Sarah Gilmartin.

Meet Palestinian-Icelandic writer Mazen Maarouf, whose work has been compared to that of Samuel Beckett. With his praised short story collection 'Jokes for the Gunmen' () - which deals with life during wartime - as a starting point, Maarouf talks about treating memories as raw material for fiction and manipulating tragedy through. 'Small, explosive and powerful, [Jokes for the Gunmen] is a bullet of a debut'Spectator. About the Author. MAZEN MAAROUF was born in Beirut in He is a Palestinian-Icelandic writer, poet, translator and journalist. He has published three poetry collections and two short story collections. He currently lives between Reykjavik and Beirut. Less than two years from his after the release of first short-story collection, Jokes for Gunmen (Riad El-Rayyes, ), the young Palestinian-Icelandic writer-translator Mazen Maarouf, who was.

Jokes for the Gunmen is a peculiar novel featuring short stories set amongst the war-ravaged city of Beirut. There's a distinct flavour of absurdity in the interaction of characters in a seemingly familiar world. Maarouf subverts expectations as these world's become shocking, hilarious, and exceedingly unreal. Jokes for the Gunmen. An unexpectedly brilliant collection of short fiction from Mazen Maarof, a fresh voice in the vein of Roald Dahl, Etgar Keret and Amy Hempel. Translated by Jonathan Wright. This item: Jokes for the Gunmen. by Mazen Maarouf Paperback. $ Only 5 left in stock (more on the way). Ships from and sold by www.doorway.ru FREE Shipping on orders over $ The Old Woman and the River.