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Earth weeps, Saturn laughs : a modern Omani novel / Abdulaziz Al Farsi ; translated by Nancy Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fārisī, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, author.
- Series:
- Modern Arabic literature.
- Modern Arabic Literature
- Standardized Title:
- Tabkī al-arḍ-- yaḍḥaku Zuḥal. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arabic fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cairo, Egypt ; New York, New York : The American University in Cairo Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs opens with the return of Khalid Bakhit, a government employee, to his hometown in Oman after a time away in the big city, and concludes with his return to the city with a new maturity born of a series of wrenching encounters with reality. Khalid's return home, sparked by his flight from a painful love affair, coincides with events that reveal the force of long-established traditions that have a stranglehold on the town: from racial prejudice, to religious bigotry, to ossified patterns of leadership. Khalid's awakening and transformation are catalyzed by his encounter
- Contents:
- 9789774165900; 9789774165900
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61797-338-6
- 1-61797-468-4
- OCLC:
- 1163458525
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