The book "The Cunning Narrative: The Stakes of Love, Occupation, and Alienation" seeks to answer many questions of narrative storytelling in the experience of Iraqi novelist Awad Ali. It does so by moving beyond the heated topics of his novels, which are drawn from the depths of a vibrant reality bustling with events, to open up to a set of cunning artistic formulas that draw from what is termed "narrative tricks." This allows for a narrative departure from reality and entry into an imaginary world that belongs solely to the realm of the novel, with all its layers, angles, shades, and statements.

• Author: Talal Zainal Saeed
• Publisher: Alan Publishers and Distributors
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st
• Number of Pages: 214
• Dimensions (cm): 17 × 24
• Weight (g): 330
• ISBN: 978-9923-13-115-2