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Author:
880-01 Kūnī, Ibrāhīm, author.
Title:
The night will have its say : a novel / by Ibrahim al-Koni ; translated from the Arabic by Nancy Roberts.
Publisher:
Hoopoe,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
269 pages ; 21 cm
Subject:
647-1517
Africa, North--History--647-1517--Fiction.
North Africa.
Fictional Work
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Novels.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Other Authors:
Roberts, Nancy N., translator.
Other Titles:
Kalimat al-layl fī ḥaqq al-nahār. English
Notes:
Translated from the Arabic.
Summary:
"The year is 693 and a tense exchange, mediated by an interpreter, takes place between Berber warrior queen al-Kahina and an emissary from the Umayyad General Hassan Ibn Numan. Her predecessor had been captured and killed by the Umayyad forces some years earlier, but she will go on to defeat Ibn Numan's forces. The Night Will Have Its Say is a retelling of the Muslim wars of conquest in North Africa during the Middle Ages, narrated from the perspective of the conquered peoples. Written in Ibrahim al-Koni's unique and enchanting voice, his lyrical and deeply poetic prose speaks to themes that are intensely timely. Through the wars and conflicts of this distant, turbulent era, he addresses the futility of war, the privilege of an elite few at the expense of the many, the destruction of natural habitats and indigenous cultures, and questions about literal and fundamentalist interpretations of religious texts. Al-Koni's masterly account of conquest and resistance is both timeless and timely, infused with a sense of disaster and exile-from the language, the desert, and the homeland."-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1649031866
9781649031860
164903198X
9781649031983
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1261878450
LCCN:
2022005248
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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