Title: The Long Way Back

Author: Fouad al-Tikerly (Iraqi) 

Translator: Yang Xiaobai

Publisher: Sino-Culture Press

Edition: 1st Edition, November 2017

Format: 16 - mo, Soft Hardcover

Printed Sheets: 11.25

Word Count: 120,000 words

ISBN: 9787507547849

Price: 28.00 CNY

The Long Way Back is the first volume of The Complete Works of Fouad al-Tikerly. It was first published in 1993 and reprinted in 2002. The story in this book takes place during a significant period of political transformation in Iraq in the mid - 20th century. On July 14, 1958, Abdul Karim Qassem led the "Free Officers Organization" to overthrow the Hashemite monarchy of King Faisal II and established the Republic of Iraq. He served as the first prime minister, defense minister, and commander - in - chief of the armed forces. On February 8, 1963, the Ba'ath Party in Iraq launched a coup, overthrowing Qassem's regime. The next day, Qassem was executed. Against this historical backdrop of Iraqi society during that period, The Long Way Back depicts the miserable lives of the Iraqi people through the experiences of an ordinary family.

Fouad al-Tikerly is a modern Iraqi litterateur and novelist, and is the author of The Complete Works of Fouad al-Tikerly.

Yang Xiaobai (1937 - 2015) was a professor at Beijing Language and Culture University. He had taught at Peking University, Beijing International Studies University, the Chinese Islamic Institute, Sana'a Technical School in Yemen, Model Middle School in Yemen, and Ain Shams University in Egypt. At Ain Shams University, he served as a supervisor for doctoral students. While teaching Arabic to Chinese students, he also taught Chinese to Arab students. He accumulated over fifty years of rich teaching experience, developed a complete set of teaching concepts, and advanced teaching methods. He had published dozens of translations and monographs, including Selected Ancient Arabic Poems and Essays, Selected Ancient Chinese Poems and Essays, The Crown of the Prophet's Descendants, and College Arabic.