| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 502 pages) |
| Summary |
"I am Majid al-Hanafi of Najd, I was not an honorable man." So goes this epic tale, written in the vein of the great Arab explorers and travel writers. Scribe and bookseller Mazid al-Hanafi journeys from his remote village in the Arabian Desert dreaming of grand libraries. His passion for books draws him into a secret society of book smugglers and to the great cultural capitals of the period-Baghdad, Jerusalem, Cairo, Kairouan, Granada, and Cordoba. He enters a dangerous new world of ideas and experiences the cultural diversity of the Islamic Golden Age, its various sects, philosophical schools, wars, and ways of life. Omaima Al-Khamis's vivid descriptions of time and place trace a route through ancient cities and cultures and immerse us in a distant era, one brought to life by her magical storytelling and one in which the intellectual debates and struggles that characterized the time continue to rage today"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Translated from the Arabic |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Smugglers -- Islamic Empire -- Fiction
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Booksellers and bookselling -- Islamic Empire -- Fiction
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Scribes -- Islamic Empire -- Fiction
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Voyages and travels -- Fiction
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Historical fiction.
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Booksellers and bookselling
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Historical fiction
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Scribes
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Smugglers
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Voyages and travels
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Islamic Empire
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Enany, Sarah, translator
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| ISBN |
9781649030597 |
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1649030592 |
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9781649030603 |
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1649030606 |
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