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Author Himmich, Ben Salem, 1947-

Title A Muslim suicide / Bensalem Himmich ; translated from the Arabic by Roger Allen
Edition First edition
Published Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource ([vi], 415 pages)
Series Middle East literature in translation
Middle East literature in translation.
Summary Award-winning novelist Bensalem Himmich's third novel to be translated into English is a vertiginous exploration of one of Islam's most radical thinkers, the Sufi philosopher Ibn Sab'in. Born in Spain, he was forced to immigrate to Africa because of his controversial views. Later expelled from Egypt, Ibn Sab'in made his way to Mecca, where he spent his final years. Himmich follows the philosopher's journey, outlining an array of characters he meets along the way who usher in debates of identity and personal responsibility through their interactions and relationships with Ibn Sab'in. Set against the backdrop of a politically charged thirteenth-century Islamic world, Himmich's novel is a rich blend of fact and imagination that re-creates the intellectual debates of the time. As the culture of prosperity and tradition was giving way to the chaos created by political and social instability, many Arabs, as Ibn Sab'in does in the novel, turned inward toward a spiritual search for meaning. In his fictional portrait of Ibn Sab'in, Himmich succeeds in creating a character, with his many virtues and flaws, to whom all readers can relate
Notes English
Subject Ibn Sabʻīn, ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Ibrāhīm, 1216 or 1217-1270 -- Fiction
Ibn Sabʻīn, ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Ibrāhīm, 1216 or 1217-1270
Sufis -- Spain -- Murcia -- Fiction
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Fiction
FICTION -- General.
FICTION -- Biographical.
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages
Sufis
Islamic Empire -- History -- 1258-1517 -- Fiction
Islamic Empire
Spain -- Murcia
Genre/Form Historical fiction
Biographical fiction
History
Fiction
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Form Electronic book
Author Allen, Roger, 1942-
ISBN 9780815650522
0815650523
Other Titles Hādhā al-Andalusī. English