Minutes from the Miracle City
A intricate tour-de-force novella of interlinked lives in Dubai
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Fairlight Books
Published:11th Jul '19
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It's Dubai, and all across the Miracle City its multitudinous inhabitants are preparing for Eid.
Hakim, a Pakistani taxi driver is whizzing through the streets. Patrick, a Ugandan security guard has aspirations of becoming a writer. Farida, a Moroccan beautician is hoping for a fresh start. And finally, Saeed, a respected Emirati journalist has just arrived home from London.
As the last few days of Ramadan pass, each is busy with their own story, yet unknown to them, the city is weaving them together.
Told through a series of interlinked and moving short stories, Minutes from the Miracle City is a poetic tour-de-force, and offers a unique perspective of the virtuoso project that is Dubai.
'A cast of vivid characters, whose interlocking fortunes and fascinatingly detailed lives create a compelling story' -Fiona Sampson, MBE FRSL, poet and writer
'Sabbagh situates his prose and the reader in a space where we each rehearse our failures and perhaps, our small victories' -Peter Salmon, author of The Coffee Story
'Sabbagh captures the restless, cosmopolitan spirit of Dubai through a perceptive, touching and often comic narrative in which the dreams and dramas of several disparate and engagingly drawn characters are intertwined. An original, upbeat and entertaining read' -Susannah Tarbush, journalist, reviewer and blogger
Omar Sabbagh is an extraordinary writer - intelligent, witty, sharp-eyed and compassionate' -Dr Jan Fortune, Cinnamon Press
ISBN: 9781912054664
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144 pages