- Ḥannā Mīnah (1924 – 2018, Syria) – al-Rabīʿ wa al-Kharīf (‘Spring and Autumn’, 1986). This novel describes Karam, the main character, as he lives in exile in China and Hungary, and draws attention to the ways that political commitment, or iltizām, resonated broadly with Arabs exiled in Eastern Europe, as well as the relationship between the east and west more broadly. The novel ends with Karam traveling to Damascus to contribute to the political struggle, leaving behind the romans he had built with Pīrūshkā (reference). The novel follows on al-Thalj Yaʾtī Min al-Nāfidhah (‘The snow comes through the window’, 1969) in which the socialist Fayyāḍ flees from Syria to Lebanon.
Refrences:
In order of appearance
- Salmā ʿArāk Fawwāz al-Shammarī. “al-Buniyyah al-Sardiyyah fī Riwāyat ‘al-Rabīʿ wa al-Kharīf’ li-Ḥannā Mīnah.” Majallat Kulliyat al-Dirāsāt al-Islmāmiyyah wa al-ʿArabiyyah lil-Buniyyāt bil-Iskandariyyah 37(3): 1007-1060, p. 1021