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.
Author: Abdelrahman Munif
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07/17/1989
Pages: 640
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.50d
ISBN13: 9780394755267
ISBN10: 039475526X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Sagas
- Fiction | Political
Author: Abdelrahman Munif
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07/17/1989
Pages: 640
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.50d
ISBN13: 9780394755267
ISBN10: 039475526X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Sagas
- Fiction | Political
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.