The Dark Side of Love has been shortlisted for the 2010 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize

Arabia Books has published acclaimed Syrian novelist Rafik Schami's The Dark Side of Love

Date: 2010-03-19

The Dark Side of Love has been shortlisted for the 2010 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. We are thrilled to be one of six titles to be shortlisted, from the longlist of 15. The winner is announced on May 13th...

Here is a link to the announcement article in The Bookseller: http://www.thebookseller.com/news/116468-indies-dominate-independent-foreign-fiction-prize-shortlist.html

In 2009 we were proud and pleased to publish the Syrian author Rafik Schami's epic generational novel The Dark Side of Love. Translated by the award winning Anthea Bell, an extract from The Dark Side of Love appeared in the Spring issue of Banipal, the Magazine of Modern Arab Literature. Rafik Schami won the Herman Hesse Prize in 1994, the Hans-Erich-Nossack Prize in 1997, and the Nelly Sachs Prize in 2006.