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Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs: An Omani Novel (Modern Omani)
Abdulaziz Al Farsi
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Description for Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs: An Omani Novel (Modern Omani)
Paperback. Translator(s): Roberts, Nancy. Series: Modern Omani Novels. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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 encounters with a certain ... Read more
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 encounters with a certain ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Condition
New
Series
Modern Omani Novels
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774165900
SKU
V9789774165900
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About Abdulaziz Al Farsi
Abdulaziz Al Farsi, born in Shinas, Oman, in 1976, is a medical oncologist. He began writing in 1998 and is the author of six collections of short stories and two biographical works. Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs is his first novel. Nancy Roberts is the translator of Salwa Bakr’s The Man from Bashmour (AUC Press, 2007), for ... Read more
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