The Night Will Have Its Say : A Novel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

al-Koni, Ibrahim.

Contributor:

Roberts, Nancy.

Series:

Hoopoe Fiction Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa, North--History--647-1517--Fiction.

Africa, North.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Night Will Have Its Say

Place of Publication:

Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 2022.

Summary:

"The year is 693 and a tense exchange, mediated by an interpreter, takes place between Berber warrior queen al-Kahina and an emissary from the Umayyad General Hassan Ibn Numan. Her predecessor had been captured and killed by the Umayyad forces some years earlier, but she will go on to defeat Ibn Numan's forces. The Night Will Have Its Say is a retelling of the Muslim wars of conquest in North Africa during the Middle Ages, narrated from the perspective of the conquered peoples. Written in Ibrahim al-Koni's unique and enchanting voice, his lyrical and deeply poetic prose speaks to themes that are intensely timely. Through the wars and conflicts of this distant, turbulent era, he addresses the futility of war, the privilege of an elite few at the expense of the many, the destruction of natural habitats and indigenous cultures, and questions about literal and fundamentalist interpretations of religious texts. Al-Koni's masterly account of conquest and resistance is both timeless and timely, infused with a sense of disaster and exile-from the language, the desert, and the homeland."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

1 Scripture

2 Béjaïa

3 The Intercessor

4 The Straight Path

5 Dervish of an Era Lost

6 The Poet

7 Phantoms

8 Happiness

9 Kusaila's Ghost

10 Night and Day

11 The Covenant

12 The Virgins

13 The Truce

14 The Lesson

15 The Captives

16 The Message

17 The Lioness

18 Certainty

19 Language

20 Brotherhood

21 Love

22 Martyrdom

23 The Seed

24 Murder

25 The Longest Stretch of Shade on Earth

26 The Obliteration

27 The Abode

28 The Bridge

29 Glory

30 The Obstacle

31 The Lifeline

32 Money

33 Freedom

34 The Loaf of Bread

35 The Straw

36 The Jizya

37 Foundlings

38 Needs

39 Wounds to the Spirit

40 The East

41 The Bleeding of the Spirit

42 The Abode

43 The Offering

44 Migration

45 The Intrigue

46 The Mission

47 Wrongdoing

48 The Imam

49 Woe

50 Peace

51 The Successor

52 The Renunciation

53 The Deadly Diversion

54 Lying

55 The Greater River

56 The Recitation

57 The Pledge of Allegiance

58 The Pact

59 The Antidote

Key Terms

Notes.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781649031310

1649031319

9781649031303

1649031300

OCLC:

1338837560