SCHAMI, RAFIK (TRANSLATED BY PHILIP BOEHM) — Damascus Nights

New York, NY: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0374134464. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a very slight slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Syrian-born Rafik Schami rates as one of the leading figures of German migrant literature. "Guest-workers", mainly from Turkey, began to arrive in Germany in 1960, and by 1968 they numbered over 150,000. A distinctive migrant literature began to emerge significantly as a result of both Schami\'s own writing and his role as a facilitator for other writers. In 1980 he co-founded the literary groups Südwind (South Wind) and PoLiKunst (Polynationaler Literatur- und Kunstverein; Polynational Literary and Art Society) , which encouraged all forms of migrant cultural production." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .