No One Prayed Over Their Graves

Longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Fiction | One of The Washington Post 's 50 best works of fiction of 2023 “Gorgeous . . . Lush, elegiac [and] Márquezian . . . A novel of abundance and generosity.” —Sarah Cypher, The Washington Post “Richly embroidered . . . [Khalifa’s] galloping narration restores life and soul to a city that has become a byword for devastation.” — The Economist From the National Book Award finalist Khaled Khalifa, the story of two friends whose lives a