In both books, the life in a small town is carefully circled in episodic chapters. The story of the protagonist is only one among many… A little like a cubist painting peels off gradually from different perspectives, offering a complex picture, which goes far in its multidimensionality, beyond the horizon of individual actors.

Timas, Turkey, has acquired Turkish rights to Yazbek’s In the crossfire.

Mohammad Hasan Alwan’s Beavers was acquired by Le Seuil for French translation rights.
This title by the young Saudi author is on the 2013 IPAF longlist.

German rights to Cinnamon were acquired by Hanser, Nagel & Kimche.

Dutch rights to In the crossfire were sold to Nigh & Van Ditmar, Netherlands.

Norwegian rights to Cinnamon, by Samar Yazbek, were sold to Cappelen Damm.