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TAQS
Amir Tag Elsir
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Description for TAQS
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
Text in Arabic. A Sudanese writer begins to suspect that one of his most idiosyncratic characters from a recent novel resembles - in an uncanny and terrifying way - a real person he has never met. Since he condemned this character to an untimely death in the novel, should he attempt to save this real man from a similar fate? Elsir takes his readers on a terrifying journey through the unsettled mind of an author who loses control over his own creations and sense of reality. Set in both sides of Khartoum the bustling capital city and the neglected, ... Read more
Text in Arabic. A Sudanese writer begins to suspect that one of his most idiosyncratic characters from a recent novel resembles - in an uncanny and terrifying way - a real person he has never met. Since he condemned this character to an untimely death in the novel, should he attempt to save this real man from a similar fate? Elsir takes his readers on a terrifying journey through the unsettled mind of an author who loses control over his own creations and sense of reality. Set in both sides of Khartoum the bustling capital city and the neglected, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Qatar
Language
Arabic
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, Qatar
ISBN
9789927101885
SKU
V9789927101885
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About Amir Tag Elsir
Amir Tag Elsir is a Sudanese writer and doctor. He studied medicine in Egypt and at the British Royal College of Medicine. He has published a number of novels, biographies and volumes of poetry. His novel The Grub Hunter (2010) was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2011. He lives in Doha, Qatar.
Reviews for TAQS
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