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A Sleepless Eye : Aphorisms from the Sahara / Ibrahim al-Koni ; selected by Hartmut Fähndrich ; translated from the Arabic by Roger Allen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kūnī, Ibrāhīm, author.
- Series:
- Middle East literature in translation.
- Middle East literature in translation
- Standardized Title:
- Oeil qui jamais ne se ferme. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aphorisms and apothegms.
- Desert people--Fiction.
- Desert people.
- Sahara--Fiction.
- Sahara.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (134 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, [New York] : Syracuse University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Libyan landscape is one of the most diverse and breathtaking, replete with barren deserts, vast ocean coasts, and a stunning display of earth's elements. Al-Koni, an award-winning and critically acclaimed Arabic writer, reflects on this fragile environment and the increasing threats to its existence in A Sleepless Eye, a collection of the poet's desert wisdom. He highlights the relationships between humans and Libya's natural features, grouping them by theme: nature, desert, water, sea, wind, rock, trees, and fire. Each theme contains a set of aphorisms that deliver thoughtful perspectives on what it means to coexist with an evolving planet. This volume is the result of the author's collaboration with the celebrated French nature photographer, Alain Sebe, and English translator Allen. The product is a body of work that calls upon readers to question their relationship with the earth through meditative ideas and photos, familiarizing English readers with the fundamental philosophies of environmental stewardship that transcend all boundaries.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Nature
- Seasons
- Desert
- Water
- Sea
- Sea and desert
- Wind
- Rock
- Trees and flowers
- Fire
- Afterword
- Sources
- List of photographs.
- Notes:
- Photography by Alain Sebe.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780815652793
- 0815652798
- OCLC:
- 880326012
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