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"Intricately conceived and beautifully written. . . . A crisp, luminous, and nervy mixture of fantasy and autobiography. . . [and] an elegant example of postmodern baroque."--John Updike, "The New Yorker"
About the Author:
Anton Shammas is Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan.
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- PublisherViking
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0670816191
- ISBN 13 9780670816194
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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