Aunt Safiyya and the monastery : a novel
Ṭāhir, Bahāʼ, 1935-1996
Book
In Egypt, a Muslim on the run from a family feud seeks refuge in a Christian monastery. The novel traces the abrasive relationship between him and the monks. A clash of cultures.
Main title:
Aunt Safiyya and the monastery : a novel / Bahaaʼ Taher ; translated from the Arabic by Barbara Romaine.
Imprint:
Berkeley : University of California Press, c1996.
Collation:
xix, 124 p. : map ; 22 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published in Arabic as Khālatī Ṣafīyah wa-al-dayr, Cairo : Dār al-Hilāl, 1991.A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program.
Contents:
Ch. 1. The Miqaddis Bishai -- Ch. 2. Aunt Safiyya -- Ch. 3. The Outlaws -- Ch. 4. Al-naksa.
ISBN:
0520200756 (pbk alk paper)0520200748 (alk paper)
Dewey class:
892.736F
LC class:
PJ7864.A357
Language:
EnglishArabic
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BRN:
555925