Mohammad Hasan Alwan’s Beavers was acquired by Le Seuil for French translation rights.
This title by the young Saudi author is on the 2013 IPAF longlist.

The International Prize of Arabic Fiction (IPAF) also known as the Arab Booker has announced its long list. RAYA’s Ibrahim Nasrallah’s The King of Galilee, and Mohammad Hasan Alwan’s Beavers are on the list!

Published by Dar al Saqi in the fall of 2011, Beavers is a sensitive portrait of a contemporary Saudi bourgeois family.