Description
A major new Aventura: one of the greatest contemporary novels in the Arabic language, translated for the first time into English. Reveals and humanizes a society that has for too long been misunderstood, and should therefore command the serious attention of American reviewers.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Abdelrahman Munif
Published: 07/17/1989
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780394755267
Pages: 640
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 1.50″ H x 7.90″ L x 5.20″ W
About the Author
Abdul Rahman Munif was a Saudi novelist. His novels included strong political elements as well as mockeries of the Middle Eastern elite classes. His work so offended the rulers of Saudi Arabia that many of his books were banned and his Saudi citizenship revoked. His books included Cities of Salt, The Trench, and Variations on Night and Day. Munif died in 2004.
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