Description: Further DetailsTitle: Aunt Safiyya and the MonasteryCondition: NewEAN: 9780520200753ISBN: 9780520200753Publisher: University of California PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/27/1996Item Height: 210mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 10mmItem Weight: 181gTranslator: Barbara RomaineContributor: Barbara Romaine (Translated by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: A NovelISBN-10: 0520200756Description: This brief, beautifically crafted novel introduces one of the finest contemporary Arab novelists to English-speaking audiences. In it, Bahaa' Taher, one of a group of Egyptian writers - including the Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz - noted for their revealing portraits of Egyptian life and society, tells the dramatic story of a young Muslim who, when his life is threatened, finds sanctuary in a community of Coptic monks. It is a tale of honor and of the terrible demands of blood vengeance; it probes the question of how a people or nation can become divided against itself. Taher has a magical gift for evoking the village life of Upper Egypt - a vastly different setting than urban Cairo and a landscape that tourists usually glimpse only from the windows of trains and buses taking them to the Pharaonic sites. Here, where Christians and Muslims have coexisted peacefully for centuries, where the traditions of the Coptic Church are as powerful as those of the Muslims, Taher crafts an intricate and compelling tale of far-reaching implications.With a powerful narrative voice and a genius for capturing the complex nuances of human interaction, Taher brilliantly depicts the poignant drama of a traditional society caught up in the process of change.Country/Region of Manufacture: USAuthor: Bahaa' TaherGenre: FictionBook Series: Literature of the Middle EastRelease Year: 1996 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery
Title: Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery
EAN: 9780520200753
ISBN: 9780520200753
Release Date: 06/27/1996
Release Year: 1996
Translator: Barbara Romaine
Contributor: Barbara Romaine (Translated by)
Subtitle: A Novel
ISBN-10: 0520200756
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Literature of the Middle East
Book Title: Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery : a Novel
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Item Height: 0.4 in
Publication Year: 1996
Topic: General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 7 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Bahaa' Taher
Item Width: 5.5 in
Book Series: Literature of the Middle East Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
