Heads ripe for plucking /
An Arab tyrant once infamously declared, "I see heads that are ripe for plucking." In Mahmoud Al-Wardani's novel of tyranny and oppression, an impaled head seeks solace in narrating similar woes it sustained in previous incarnations. Beheadings, both literal and metaphorical torture,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | Wardānī, Maḥmūd |
Otros Autores: | Halim, Hala |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
Publicado: |
Cairo, Egypt ; New York :
American University in Cairo Press,
2008.
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Colección: | Modern Arabic literature.
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Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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