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Moon over Samarqand /

A journey through Central Asia and beyond, Moon over Samarqand is the story of one Egyptian's quest for the truth. Ali's travel brings him into encounters with the Uzbekistan of today, yesterday, and once upon a time. His tale embraces many tales-those of his confounding taxi driver, of Is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Qandīl, Muḥammad al-Mansī
Otros Autores: Peterson, Jennifer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Arabic
Publicado: Cairo, Egypt ; New York, NY : American University in Cairo Press, 2009.
Colección:Modern Arabic literature.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A journey through Central Asia and beyond, Moon over Samarqand is the story of one Egyptian's quest for the truth. Ali's travel brings him into encounters with the Uzbekistan of today, yesterday, and once upon a time. His tale embraces many tales-those of his confounding taxi driver, of Islamic activists, and of the criminal underworld as well as stories of struggles against authoritarianism in Egypt. The novel shows diverse historical and modern connections between Central Asia and the Arab world. It also explores power struggles between opposition currents and governments since the Uzbeki Soviet era and Egypt's Nasser period.
Notas:Originally published in Arabic in 2004 as Qamar ʻalá Samarqand.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (414 pages)
Premios:Sawiris Foundation Award for Literature, 2006
ISBN:9781617974229
1617974226
1306492114
9781306492119
9781617971778
1617971774