The last night of a damned soul / a novel by Slimane Benaïssa ; translated from the French by Janice and Daniel Gross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benaïssa, Slimane.

Contributor:

Gross, Janice.

Gross, Daniel.

Standardized Title:

Dernière nuit d'un damné. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Islamic fundamentalism--Fiction.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Terrorism--Fiction.

Terrorism.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xiv, 258 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Grove Press, [2004]

Summary:

The Last Night of One Damned is an extraordinary novel by an award-winning Algerian author, which tells the story of a young man from a moderate Arab-American family who is enticed into a Muslim fundamentalist group through his boss, a wealthy Kuwaiti Silicon Valley entrepreneur, and a Palestinian coworker, and winds up conspiring to plot a terrorist attack. The acclaimed Algerian playwright Slimane Benaï ssa has crafted a compelling portrait of a man seeking meaning and cut off from his culture, and finding fundamentalist mullahs intent on shaping him into one of their future martyrs. As the deadly climax to their planning approaches, the narrator's devotion will be put to the test. Benaï ssa has crafted a disturbing exploration of the terrorist psyche and a rich and timely novel.

ISBN:

0802117805

OCLC:

55616997