Hailed as a masterpiece when it was first published in France in
1977, The Desert tells the story of al-Mammi, a young exiled prince
of a now-destroyed Jewish kingdom in southern Morocco in the late
fourteenth century. Fighting battles in the service of kings,
facing imprisonment, and narrowly escaping death, the prince
travels the Islamic world absorbing lessons, often painfully, on
how to govern himself, as well as a country. At the same time,
al-Mammi engages on a spiritual journey to obtain inner wisdom
rather than material riches. Memmi chronicles the prince's fortunes
as they rise and fall, drawing upon the traditions of Maghrebian
storytelling and Arabian tales to offer a highly imaginative and
allegorical novel that provocatively blends history with fiction.
General
| Imprint: |
Syracuse University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Middle East Literature in Translation |
| Release date: |
October 2015 |
| Authors: |
Albert Memmi
|
| Translators: |
Judith Roumani
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
200 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8156-1055-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-8156-1055-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780815610557 |
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