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Author Ṭāhir, Bahāʼ, 1935-2022
طاهر، بهاء،, 1935-

Title Aunt Safiyya and the monastery : a novel / Bahaa' Taher ; translated from the Arabic by Barbara Romaine
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1996

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 124 pages) : map
Series Literature of the Middle East
Literature of the Middle East.
Contents Ch. 1. The Miqaddis Bishai -- Ch. 2. Aunt Safiyya -- Ch. 3. The Outlaws -- Ch. 4. Al-naksa
Summary In Egypt, a Muslim on the run from a family feud seeks refuge in a Christian monastery. The novel traces the abrasive relationship between him and the monks. A clash of cultures
Analysis Arabic fiction
Egypt
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Arabic fiction -- Translation into English
FICTION -- General.
Arabic fiction -- Translations into English.
Genre/Form novels.
Fiction
Novels
Novels.
Fiction.
Romans.
Form Electronic book
Author Romaine, Barbara, 1959-
ISBN 9780520916333
0520916336
0585229627
9780585229621
0520200748
9780520200746
0520200756
9780520200753
Other Titles 880-02 Khālatī Safīyah wa-al-dayr. English
880-02/(3/r خالتي صفية والدير. English