He thought that silence might lead him to death, but he remained silent. He thought of people looking for strength to defeat tyranny, he felt weak, and what he had thought all his life about the power of fragility suddenly evaporated. letting her leave.
She kissed him on the cheek and he didn’t care about her words praising his kindness. The worst thing that happened to him was his desire for her new image, and his question about what it means to be good. He hated his image as a child, everyone trying to encourage him into the image of the fat, well-mannered man, with glasses and ironed clothes, laughing in a low voice and courting children and pets.
He hated his mother, father, and their candidate, Gabriel Al-Shami, his teachers at Al-Ma’mun School, and the pastor who used to stop him in the first grade when he sang with the choir, proud of his elegant clothes and family lineage.
Book information
- ISBN: 9786144695234
- Publisher:
- Dar Al Ain (2013) – 9789774902222
- Dar Al Adab (2013) – 9789953892764
- Hachette Antoine – Nawfal (2020) – 9786144695234
- Original publication date: 2013 (Arabic)
- Original title: La Sakakin fi Matabikh hadhihi al-madina (لا سكاكين في مطابخ هذه المدينة)
- Order Arabic:
Translations
| Language | Publisher | Publishing Date | Name | Translator | ISBN | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Hoopoe | 2016 | No Knives in the Kitchens of This City | Leri Price | 9789774167812 | Paperback Kindle Audiobook |
| German | Rowohlt | 2020 | Keine Messer in den Küchen dieser Stadt | Hartmut Fähndrich | 9783498035822 | Hardcover Kindle |
| French | Sindbad | 2016 | Pas de couteaux dans les cuisines de cette ville | Rania Samara | 9782330048761 | Paperback Kindle |
| Dutch | De Geus | 2015 | Er zijn geen messen in de keukens van deze stad | Djûke Poppinga | 9789044533828 | Hardcover Kindle |
| Icelandic | Angústúra | 2021 | Engir hnífar í eldhúsum þessarar borgar | Elísa Björg Þorsteinsdóttir | 9789935523167 | Paperback |
| Macedonian | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC | |
| Turkish | Tudem | 2020 | Bu Şehrin Mutfaklarında Bıçak Yok | Hümeyra Rızvanoğlu Süzen | 9786052349526 | Paperback |
| Norwegian | Pax | 2020 | Ingen kniver på kjøkkenet i denne byen | Oda M. Winsnes | 9788253041957 | Paperback |
| Italian | Bompiani | 2018 | Non ci sono coltelli nelle cucine di questa città | Maria Avino | 9788845293115 | Paperback Kindle |
