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Named Person: | Ahmed Abodehman; Ahmed Abodehman |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ahmed Abodehman; Nadia Benabid |
ISBN: | 1886913552 9781886913554 0863563074 9780863563072 |
OCLC Number: | 49529979 |
Notes: | "A copublication of Ruminator Books [and] Saqi Books ... London"--Title page verso. |
Description: | xi, 149 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | His wife's wife -- The little prophet -- The other world -- My sisters my memory -- A week in the city -- The rainbow -- The memory of water -- The city of clouds -- The time of djinns -- The sheep and the writer -- The sacrifice -- Epilogue. |
Other Titles: | Ceinture. |
Responsibility: | by Ahmed Abodehman ; translated by Nadia Benabid. |
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`Simple and profound, often touching, and which brings to life through the story of his childhood the traditions, beliefs, songs and prayers of the most noble of Arabian tribes.' Le Monde 'A fabulous read ... a poetic, moving and utterly fascinating coming-of-age tale set in a Saudi Arabian village.' Claudia Roden 'Bravo et Merci!' Magazine Litteraire 'Full of mountain lore, strange and spicy smells, shining daggers and rifts between generations..."Why must this side of life be traded for the future?" the boy wonders, and we must as well.' The Los Angeles Times Book Review 'This powerful novel offers English readers a rare inside glimpse into tribal Saudi Arabia' Booklist 'This moving work seduces with its clarity of style. Abodehman writes with the strength and finesse of a poet.' Arabies 'This slim jewel of a book is beautiful, written with the startling and delicate hand of a poet.' Body & Soul Read more...

