Wolves of the Crescent Moon
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Wolves of the Crescent Moon by Yousef Al-Mohaimeed
"The first great Saudi novel." -The New York SunBanned in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, this provocative, fast-paced debut novel confirms what The Washington Postreported about its award-winning author- "Yousef Al-Mohaimeed is taking on some of the most divisive subjects in the Arab world . . . in a lush style that evokes Gabriel Garcia Marquez."
In a Riyadh bus station, a man comes across a file containing official reports about an abandoned baby. As he pieces together the shattered life documented within, a larger picture emerges of three outsiders-a Bedouin, an orphan, and a eunuch-linked by fate and trying to make lives for themselves in a predatory city.
Unfolding with the intensity of a fever dream over the course of one night,Wolves of the Crescent Moonis a novel of astonishing power and great moral consequence about a deeply traditional society confronting the modern world.
Al-Mohaimeed, Yousef: - Yousef al-Mohaimeed was born in Riyadh in 1964. He has published several novels and short story collections, and has studied English and photography at Norwich University in the England. He is the author of Wolves of the Crescent Moon (AUC Press, 2007). Anthony Calderbank has translated several works of modern Arabic fiction, including Haggag Hassan Oddoul's Nights of Musk (AUC Press, 2005) and Yousef al-Mohaimeed's Wolves of the Crescent Moon (AUC Press, 2007). He lives and works in Saudi Arabia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780143113218 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143113216 |
| Title | Wolves of the Crescent Moon |
| Author | Yousef Al-Mohaimeed |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2007-12-18 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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