The Bleeding of the Stone (Emerging Voices) - Softcover

Ibrahim Al-Koni

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566564174 ISBN 13: 9781566564175

Publisher: Interlink Books, 2014

Synopsis

The moufflon, a wild sheep prized for its meat, continues to survive in the remote mountain desert of southern Libya. Only Asouf, a lone Bedouin who cherishes the desert and identifies with its creatures knows exactly where it is to be found. Now he and the moufflon together come under threat from hunters who have already slaughtered the once numerous desert gazelles. The novel combines pertinent ecological issues with a moving portrayal of traditional desert life and of the power of the human spirit to resist.

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Review:

A winning combination of ecological fable, political statement, and lyrical lament for the past. --Kirkus Reviews

Al-Koni, Libya's best-known novelist, demonstrates his signature version of magic realism in this moving short novel, ably blending reality, fantasy, and mysticism. Readers of Garcia Marquez and Allende will want to know about al-Koni. --Booklist

About the Author:

One of the Arab world's most important writers and winner of the 2008 Zayed Creativity Award, Libyan-born Ibrahim al-Koni has been called a master of magical realism and the evocation of the desert. May Jayyusi and Christopher Tingley have translated many works of literature from the Arabic, including Dammaj's novel 'The Hostage' and Yakhlif's 'A Lake Beyond the Wind'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Interlink Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1566564174
• ISBN 13: 9781566564175
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160