Description
A magical story of a Crusade-era bookseller who embarks on a journey through the Islamic world's great medieval cities, winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
In the epic fashion of the great Arab explorers and travel writers of the Middle Ages, scribe and bookworm Mazid al-Hanafi narrates this journey from his remote village in the Arabian Desert. Dreaming of grand libraries, his passion for the written word draws him into a secret society of book smugglers and into the famed cultural capitals of the period--Baghdad, Jerusalem, Cairo, Granada, and Cordoba.
He discovers a dangerous new world of ideas and experiences the cultural diversity of the Islamic Golden Age, its sects, philosophical schools, wars, and ways of life.
Omaima Al-Khamis's magical storytelling and her vivid descriptions of time and place trace a route through ancient cities and cultures and immerse us in a distant era, uncovering the intellectual debates and struggles which continue to rage today.
Author: Omaima Al-Khamis
Publisher: Hoopoe
Published: 04/06/2021
Pages: 560
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.50d
ISBN13: 9781617979989
ISBN10: 1617979988
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Historical | General
About the Author
Omaima Al-Khamis (author) resides in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sarah Enany (translator) resides in Cairo, Egypt.