The Longing of the Dervish (eBook, ePUB)
A Novel
Übersetzer: Jonathan Wright, Jonathan Wright
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WINNER OF THE NAGUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATURE SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION ONE OF THE 50 MOST IMPORTANT ARABIC NOVELS OF THE 21ST CENTURY (THE NATIONAL)
"Exquisitely lyrical language."Financial Times An epic of love and revenge in a time of war and slavery At the close of the nineteenth century, freed slave Bakhit is let out of prison with the overthrow of the Mahdist state in Sudan. On the brink of death, the memory of his beloved Theodora is all that has sustained him through seven years of grim incarcerationthat and his vow to avenge her killing. Set ag...
WINNER OF THE NAGUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATURE SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION ONE OF THE 50 MOST IMPORTANT ARABIC NOVELS OF THE 21ST CENTURY (THE NATIONAL)
"Exquisitely lyrical language."Financial Times An epic of love and revenge in a time of war and slavery At the close of the nineteenth century, freed slave Bakhit is let out of prison with the overthrow of the Mahdist state in Sudan. On the brink of death, the memory of his beloved Theodora is all that has sustained him through seven years of grim incarcerationthat and his vow to avenge her killing. Set against a backdrop of war, religious fervor, and the monumental social and political upheavals of the time, The Longing of the Dervish is a love story in the most unlikely of circumstances. Lyrical and evocative, Hammour Ziada's masterfully crafted novel is about sorrow, hope, and the cruelty of fate.
"Exquisitely lyrical language."Financial Times An epic of love and revenge in a time of war and slavery At the close of the nineteenth century, freed slave Bakhit is let out of prison with the overthrow of the Mahdist state in Sudan. On the brink of death, the memory of his beloved Theodora is all that has sustained him through seven years of grim incarcerationthat and his vow to avenge her killing. Set against a backdrop of war, religious fervor, and the monumental social and political upheavals of the time, The Longing of the Dervish is a love story in the most unlikely of circumstances. Lyrical and evocative, Hammour Ziada's masterfully crafted novel is about sorrow, hope, and the cruelty of fate.
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