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Record Nr.

UNINA9910495955103321

Autore

Tahir Baha <1935->

Titolo

Aunt Safiyya and the monastery : a novel / / Bahaaʼ Taher ; translated from the Arabic by Barbara Romaine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1996

ISBN

0-520-91633-6

0-585-22962-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 124 pages) : map

Collana

Literature of the Middle East

Disciplina

892/.736

Soggetti

Languages & Literatures

Middle Eastern Languages & Literatures

Arabic fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

نرجمة الكتاب: خالتي صفية والدير / بهاء طاهر

Sommario/riassunto

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.