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New Waw, Saharan Oasis (Paperback)
Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation
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Winner, National Translation Award, American Literary Translators
Association, 2015 Upon the death of their leader, a group of
Tuareg, a nomadic Berber community whose traditional homeland is
the Sahara Desert, turns to the heir dictated by tribal custom;
however, he is a poet reluctant to don the mantle of leadership.
Forced by tribal elders to abandon not only his poetry but his
love, who is also a poet, he reluctantly serves as leader. Whether
by human design or the meddling of the Spirit World, his death
inspires his tribe to settle down permanently, abandoning not only
nomadism but also the inherited laws of the tribe. The community
they found, New Waw, which they name for the mythical paradise of
the Tuareg people, is also the setting of Ibrahim al-Koni’s
companion novel, The Puppet. For al-Koni, this Tuareg tale of the
tension between nomadism and settled life represents a choice faced
by people everywhere, in many walks of life, as a result of
globalism. He sees an inevitable interface between myth and
contemporary life.
General
Imprint: |
University Of Texas Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation |
Release date: |
2014 |
First published: |
2014 |
Authors: |
Ibrahim Al-Koni
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Translators: |
William M. Hutchins
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
166 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-292-75475-1 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-292-75475-2 |
Barcode: |
9780292754751 |
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