{"product_id":"gabor-9781968327002","title":"Gabor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTold through contradicting, unreliable narrators and almost entirely in dialogue, Seyed Qader Hedayati's \u003cem\u003eGABOR\u003c\/em\u003e fuses the experimentation of George Saunders with the absurdist satire of Joseph Heller to deliver a seldom explored portrait of Kurdish boyhood and friendship under the anarchy of occupation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a Kurdish village under military occupation, a group of boys scrape together their savings and buy a hand-stitched football to prove they aren't losers to the other kids. When it lands inside the opposing military base, Karim sneaks in and takes it back-only for the soldiers to burn the neighborhood to the ground looking for it. Streets are bombed, homes are raided, snipers take aim at pedestrians, residents are dragged off and imprisoned. As the casualty rate skyrockets, Karim and his friends retaliate by firing junkyard scraps from their slingshots while raging bulls escape slaughterhouses to stampede into warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Each chapter unfolds like a surreal hero's quest as we follow the children's unstoppable yearnings for things as mundane as a soccer ball and a comic book. I found myself laughing, wincing, and cheering these boys on as they take ever greater risks for the most basic of human needs: dignity.\" -\u003cstrong\u003e Aisha Abdel Gawad, author of Between Two Moons, finalist for the Gotham Book Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With its youthful, sympathetic anti-heroes, and their bizarre war over a soccer ball with a hostile army, \u003cem\u003eGABOR\u003c\/em\u003e, is a strangely compelling account of the absurdity of war and the difficulty of Kurdish identity under occupation\"-\u003cstrong\u003e Alan A. Saeed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeyed Qader Hedayati\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the leading experimental novelists in contemporary Kurdish literature. His novels include \u003cem\u003eThe Echo of a Full Stop\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Yoke of Azazel\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGABOR\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Grave City\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBardinah\u003c\/em\u003e. His critical writings include the essay collections \u003cem\u003eKurdish Prose and the Change of Form\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStone on Stone\u003c\/em\u003e, alongside his translation of Bahram Bayzaie's \u003cem\u003eThe Truth and The Wise Man\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChiya Parvizpur\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Kurdish writer and translator working in both Kurdish and English. His debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Smell of Wet Bricks\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in the UK, and his second novel, \u003cem\u003eTwenty-Four Seconds of Shehin's Life\u003c\/em\u003e, received the Kal Literary Prize in Kurdistan. His translations include Ata Nahai's \u003cem\u003eBirds in a Gale\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDealing Helaleh's Destiny\u003c\/em\u003e, Seyed Qader Hedayati's \u003cem\u003eGABOR\u003c\/em\u003e, and Jiyar Jahanfard's \u003cem\u003eThe Shadeless Border\u003c\/em\u003e. He is working on his third novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHourieh Maleki Qouzloo\u003c\/strong\u003e is a multilingual writer, translator, and researcher. Her work centers on identity and displacement, with a focus on translating contemporary Kurdish literature into English. Her published translations include Ata Nahai's \u003cem\u003eBirds in a Gale\u003c\/em\u003e and Seyed Qader Hedayati's \u003cem\u003eGABOR\u003c\/em\u003e. She holds a Master's in English and Literacy Studies from the University of Stavanger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Henar Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781968327002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Seyed Qader Hedayati","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53273344835765,"sku":"9781968327002","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781968327002.jpg?v=1789485220","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/gabor-9781968327002","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}