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The Colonial Conquest - The Confines of the Shadow Volume I (Hardcover)
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The Colonial Conquest is the first volume of Alessandro Spina's
epic, The Confines of the Shadow, a sequence of novels and short
stories that map the transformation of Libya, particularly the
coastal city of Benghazi, under the pressure of Italian
colonization. This volume is divided into three sections--The Young
Maronite, The Marriage of Omar and The Nocturnal Visitor--which are
set between 1912 and 1927. At its outset we find Italian soldiers
solidifying their control over Libya's coasts, leaving Libyan
rebels to withdraw to the desert and prepare for a war that would
rage for over a decade. The readers is then led to explore the
divided Libya of the 1920s, when an Italian governor ruled from
Benghazi while Sidi Idris al-Senussi, the head of the Senussi
dynasty and future Libyan king, governed from Ajdabiya. Voices from
all sides bicker over whether to reconcile or fight, though many
simply try to make space for whatever small pleasures life amidst
political upheaval might allow. Employing a cosmopolitan array of
characters, ranging from Ottoman functionaries, to Libyan
aristocrats and Italian officers, Spina chronicles the colonial
experience in Libya with breadth and feeling. Distinguished by an
intimate understanding of East and West, this work and its
companion volumes comprise among the most significant achievements
of 20th century fiction and stand unchallenged as the only
multi-generational epic about the European experience in North
Africa.
General
Imprint: |
Arcade Publishing
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2017 |
Authors: |
Alessandro Spina
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Translators: |
André Naffis-Sahely
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover - With printed dust jacket / With dust jacket
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ISBN-13: |
978-1-62872-835-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-62872-835-3 |
Barcode: |
9781628728354 |
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