Hate praise, by Khaled Khalifa

This novel explores a period in Syrian history and raises again the burning questions about the conflict between fundamentalists and the authority, the end and beginning of the seventies and eighties of the last century, a period in which the culture of hatred almost destroyed everything. The novel guides readers from the enchanting city of Aleppo and the worlds of its women and their secret lives to Afghanistan, passing through Riyadh, Aden, London, and other places. Number of pages: 451