They've announced that ساق البامبو ['The Bamboo Stalk'] by Saud Alsanousi has been awarded the International Prize for Arabic Fiction; see also, for example, M. Lynx Qualey's coverage at her Arabic Literature (in English) weblog, Page-turning Novel by Young Kuwaiti Author Wins 2013 'Arabic Booker' (though how I wish everyone would stop calling this or any prize the x-Booker; the embarrassment of the officially named (but no longer funded by them) Russian Booker is shame and bad enough ...).
The official synopsis isn't too helpful (the first paragraph of detailed description concludes ... "It is at this point that the novel begins"), but I'm sure there will be more English-language coverage of it soon enough.
The official synopsis isn't too helpful (the first paragraph of detailed description concludes ... "It is at this point that the novel begins"), but I'm sure there will be more English-language coverage of it soon enough.