The Book Smuggler
Cairo, Egypt ; New York, NY : Hoopoe, 2021.
Format: Book
Description: xii, 505 pages ; 21 cm
"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.
Subjects:
Smugglers -- Islamic Empire -- Fiction.
Booksellers and bookselling -- Islamic Empire -- Fiction.
Scribes -- Islamic Empire -- Fiction.
Voyages and travels -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Smugglers -- Islamic Empire -- Fiction.
Booksellers and bookselling -- Islamic Empire -- Fiction.
Scribes -- Islamic Empire -- Fiction.
Voyages and travels -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
ISBN:
9781617979989
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Al-Khamis | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |