Ibrahim Al-Koni

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Hoopoe FictionPaperback, 30 August 2022

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Part of Series
Hoopoe Fiction
Print Length
278 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Hoopoe
Date Published
30 Aug 2022
ISBN-10
1649031866
ISBN-13
9781649031860

Description

International Booker Prize finalist and "one of the Arab world's most innovative novelists" (Roger Allen) delivers a brilliant retelling of the Muslim wars of conquest in North Africa

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 Nu'man. Her predecessor had been captured and killed by the Umayyad forces some years earlier, but she will go on to defeat Ibn Nu'man's forces.

The Night Will Have Its Say is a retelling of the Muslim wars of conquest in North Africa during the seventh century CE, 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 language, the desert, and homeland.

Product Details

Author:
Ibrahim Al-Koni
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
30 August 2022
Dimensions:
20.32 x 13.34 x 2.01 cm
ISBN-10:
1649031866
ISBN-13:
9781649031860
Language:
English
Location:
Cairo
Pages:
278
Publisher:
Weight:
317.51 gm

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