[1]Published by Dar al Saqi in the fall of 2011, Beavers is a sensitive portrait of a contemporary Saudi bourgeois family. The main character is the eldest 40 year old son, despised by his father and half siblings. Ghaleb, going through a mid-life crisis questions both his family ties and his 20 year long love affair. Offering an incisive description of this traditional family, the author offers an exceptionally honest insight in the Riyadh society.
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[2]Beavers is out in French! And featured in Radio France Culture as the “Saudi Houellebecq” [2]
[3]Yet another great appreciation of Alwan’s Beavers, in Canada [3]
[4]Arte “Alwan’s Beavers is a literary UFO” [4]
[5]NRK about Alwan’s “Beavers”: “Whoever is looking for exoticism will be disappointed with this novel”! [5]
[6]Alwan’s Beavers: “A rare and brilliant take on the midlife crisis” [6]
[7]Alwan received the French Award for Arabic literature 2015 for his novel “Beavers”! [7]
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