The bleeding of the stone / by Ibrahim Al-Koni ; translated by May Jayyusi & Christopher Tingley.
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...
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| Other title: | Nazīf al-ḥajar. English |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Arabic |
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Northampton :
Interlink Books,
2013.
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| Series: | Interlink world fiction.
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 136 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781566564175 1566564174 |