“Books were always important. I have to thank my father, he filled my life with books. He didn’t write but he always read. He was a merchant, he filled the store with cigarette smoke and his friends, all talking about books and politics. It was bad for business. He dealt in women’s clothing.”

“Books were always important. I have to thank my father, he filled my life with books. He didn’t write but he always read. He was a merchant, he filled the store with cigarette smoke and his friends, all talking about books and politics. It was bad for business. He dealt in women’s clothing.”

— Rawi Hage