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Ziada Hammour - The Longing Of The Dervish A Novel - Paperback
Ziada Hammour - The Longing Of The Dervish A Novel - Paperback
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Description: At the close of the nineteenth century freed slave Bakhit is let out of prison with the overthrow of the Mahdist state in Sudan. On the brink of death the memory of his beloved Theodora is all that has sustained him through seven years of grim incarceration that and his vow to avenge her killing. Set against a backdrop of war religious fervor and the monumental social and political upheavals of the time The Longing of the Dervish is a love story in the most unlikely of circumstances. Lyrical and evocative Hammour Ziada's masterfully crafted novel is about sorrow hope and the cruelty of fate.
Title: The Longing Of The Dervish A Novel
Author(s): Ziada Hammour
Publisher: The American University In Cairo Press
Barcode: 9789774167881
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 9/15/2016
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: At the close of the nineteenth century freed slave Bakhit is let out of prison with the overthrow of the Mahdist state in Sudan. On the brink of death the memory of his beloved Theodora is all that has sustained him through seven years of grim incarceration that and his vow to avenge her killing. Set against a backdrop of war religious fervor and the monumental social and political upheavals of the time The Longing of the Dervish is a love story in the most unlikely of circumstances. Lyrical and evocative Hammour Ziada's masterfully crafted novel is about sorrow hope and the cruelty of fate.
Title: The Longing Of The Dervish A Novel
Author(s): Ziada Hammour
Publisher: The American University In Cairo Press
Barcode: 9789774167881
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 9/15/2016
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
