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Rawi Hage is a Lebanese-Canadian writer born in Beirut in 1964. His works often focus on the social and cultural conflicts between Lebanon and Canada, as well as the exploration of individual identity. Hage's writing is praised for its profound social insight and literary skills.

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“The visual and the popular are essential.”

Essential Popular Visual

Book:Carnival

Source: Carnival

“What the fuck is legal in this universe? Stars eat each other, wolves eat the pigs, and Grandma fucks over Little Red Riding Hood.”

Universe Legal Little Red Riding Hood

Book:Carnival

Source: Carnival

“Nothing to be proud of, nothing to regret.”

Book:Carnival

Source: Carnival

“This lesser world is all about reproduction, as you might well know. Those who cease to duplicate simply die.”

Die Reproduction Duplication

Book:Carnival

Source: Carnival

“There are two ways to taste things in life: the sweet way and the bitter way.”

Life Sweet Bitter

Book:Carnival

Source: Carnival

“Then let’s treat all these holy texts as stories, fictions, and imperfections that could excite us to tears or erections.”

Imperfections Fictions Erections Holy Texts

Book:Carnival

Source: Carnival

“There will always be a just fight and a cause to die for.”

Cause To Die For Just Fight

Book:Carnival

Source: Carnival

“All those who leave immigrate to better lives, but I wanted to better my death. Maybe it is the ending that matter, not the life, I thought. Maybe we, like elephants, walk towards our chosen burials.”

Death Exile Immigration Literature

Author:Rawi Hage

“Books were always important. I have to thank my father, he filled my life with books. He didn't write but he always read. He was a merchant, he filled the store with cigarette smoke and his friends, all talking about books and politics. It was bad for business. He dealt in women's clothing.”

Writing Important Book Father Talking Filled Stores Smoke Clothings Cigarette Merchants Cigarette Smoke

Author:Rawi Hage

“There is nothing like the cure of fresh air for cases of bladder infection, paranoia, and Cartesian thinking.”

Thinking Cases Air Cures Paranoia Infection Fresh Air Bladder

Book:Carnival

Source: Carnival

“Never underestimate a clown with a book.”

Book Underestimate Clown Never Underestimate

Book:Carnival: A Novel

Source: Carnival: A Novel

“In cities it is useless to look at the stars or to describe them, worship them, or seek direction from them. When lost, one should follow the tracks of the camels.”

Should Looks Lost Stars Cities Worship Track Useless Camels Lost Ones

Book:Carnival: A Novel

Source: Carnival: A Novel

“I say, doctors are the profiteers of death and unclaimed cadavers that were once inhabited by homeless and wondering poets!”

Wonder Poet Doctors Homeless Cadavers

Book:Carnival: A Novel

Source: Carnival: A Novel

“I don't judge those who can't dream, those who need to pierce their arms to create different worlds under their skin, because I am fortunate in the tools of my escapes”

World Needs Different Dream Judging Arms Tools Skins Fortunate Different Worlds Pierce

Book:Carnival: A Novel

Source: Carnival: A Novel

About the Author

Born: 1964
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 14

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