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The Dove’s Necklace
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Artikel-Nr:
9780715645864
Veröffentl:
2016
Seiten:
0
Autor:
Raja Alem
Gewicht:
726 g
Format:
236x159x40 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Raja Alem is a novelist and playwright, and a tutor at the Center for Training Kindergarten Teachers in Jeddah. She has had several plays and novels, and a collection of short stories published in Arabic and French - The Dove's Necklace is her first full novel to be published in English translation, for which she won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2011. She divides her time between Jeddah and Paris.
The first English translation of Alem's acclaimed novel, winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, 2011. It explores the secret life of Mecca, a neighbourhood, an unsolved murder, a spiritual journey. 'Raja Alem's reputation in contemporary Arabic literature £is) similar to Nabokov's in ours: masterful, erudite, witty and somewhat dangerous' "Bomb"
A stunningly powerful and acclaimed prize-winning novel from a unique voice in Arabic literature. Tackling powerful issues and told from a variety of perspectives The Dove's Necklace is an ambitious portrait of a changing city, exploring the disappearing world of Mecca from the unique perspective of a female Saudi author, whose writing is beautiful and evocative.