The book smuggler:

"I am Majid al-Hanafi of Najd, I was not an honorable man." So goes this epic tale, written in the vein of the great Arab explorers and travel writers. Scribe and bookseller Mazid al-Hanafi journeys from his remote village in the Arabian Desert dreaming of grand libraries. His passion for...

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1. Verfasser: Ḫamīs, Umaima al- 1966- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: El Enany, Sarah (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Arabic
Veröffentlicht: Cairo, Egypt ; New York, NY Hoopoe, an imprint of AUC Press 2021
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Zusammenfassung:"I am Majid al-Hanafi of Najd, I was not an honorable man." So goes this epic tale, written in the vein of the great Arab explorers and travel writers. Scribe and bookseller Mazid al-Hanafi journeys from his remote village in the Arabian Desert dreaming of grand libraries. His passion for books draws him into a secret society of book smugglers and to the great cultural capitals of the period-Baghdad, Jerusalem, Cairo, Kairouan, Granada, and Cordoba. He enters a dangerous new world of ideas and experiences the cultural diversity of the Islamic Golden Age, its various sects, philosophical schools, wars, and ways of life. Omaima Al-Khamis's vivid descriptions of time and place trace a route through ancient cities and cultures and immerse us in a distant era, one brought to life by her magical storytelling and one in which the intellectual debates and struggles that characterized the time continue to rage today"--
Beschreibung:Transliterationsvariante des Werktitels Masrá al-gharānīq fī mudun al-ʿaqīq
Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz medal for literature
Beschreibung:xii, 501 Seiten 21 cm
ISBN:9781617979989