The beaver

Al-Qand, Mohammed Hassan Alwan "Arab Novel Award" 2015 ".... Since we settled in Al-Fakhriyah and my father deals with people as if he is a victorious conqueror, not a new resident. He builds the mosque, changes street names, and even intervenes in the moods of passersby and shop signs. The owner of the nearby laundry had to bear an additional expense to change the water drainage pipe that was dripping in the street after my father scolded him several times and threatened to close the shop. The owner of the Yemeni shop did not know my father, so he imagined that he actually had the power, so he submitted to his demands even though he rarely passes by that side of the sidewalk, until one day when he did, the Indian shopkeeper from the neighboring grocery store jumped from his place to offer him pieces of sweets and fruit, which my father took dismissively to throw at the beggar woman who has inhabited a precious corner of the neighborhood for years..." Binding type: Paperback Publication date: 2011 Number of pages: 320