Wolves of the Crescent Moon
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Literary, Mystery & Suspense, Thrillers
| Author: | Yousef Al-mohaimeed | ISBN: | 9781101202159 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group | Publication: | December 18, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Yousef Al-mohaimeed |
| ISBN: | 9781101202159 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication: | December 18, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Language: | English |
“The first great Saudi novel.” —The New York Sun
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Banned in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, this provocative, fast-paced debut novel confirms what The Washington Post reported about its award-winning author: "Yousef Al-Mohaimeed is taking on some of the most divisive subjects in the Arab world . . . in a lush style that evokes Gabriel García Márquez."
In a Riyadh bus station, a man comes across a file containing official reports about an abandoned baby. As he pieces together the shattered life documented within, a larger picture emerges of three outsiders—a Bedouin, an orphan, and a eunuch-linked by fate and trying to make lives for themselves in a predatory city.
Unfolding with the intensity of a fever dream over the course of one night, Wolves of the Crescent Moon is a novel of astonishing power and great moral consequence about a deeply traditional society confronting the modern world.
“The first great Saudi novel.” —The New York Sun
** **
Banned in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, this provocative, fast-paced debut novel confirms what The Washington Post reported about its award-winning author: "Yousef Al-Mohaimeed is taking on some of the most divisive subjects in the Arab world . . . in a lush style that evokes Gabriel García Márquez."
In a Riyadh bus station, a man comes across a file containing official reports about an abandoned baby. As he pieces together the shattered life documented within, a larger picture emerges of three outsiders—a Bedouin, an orphan, and a eunuch-linked by fate and trying to make lives for themselves in a predatory city.
Unfolding with the intensity of a fever dream over the course of one night, Wolves of the Crescent Moon is a novel of astonishing power and great moral consequence about a deeply traditional society confronting the modern world.
