{"product_id":"the-longing-of-the-dervish-paperback","title":"The Longing of the Dervish - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHammour Ziada\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE NAGUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATURE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONE OF THE 50 MOST IMPORTANT ARABIC NOVELS OF THE 21ST CENTURY (\u003cem\u003eTHE NATIONAL\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Exquisitely lyrical language.\"--\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn epic of love and revenge in a time of war and slavery\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the close of the nineteenth century, freed slave Bakhit is let out of prison with the overthrow of the Mahdist state in Sudan. On the brink of death, the memory of his beloved Theodora is all that has sustained him through seven years of grim incarceration--that and his vow to avenge her killing.\u003cbr\u003eSet against a backdrop of war, religious fervor, and the monumental social and political upheavals of the time, \u003cem\u003eThe Longing of the Dervish \u003c\/em\u003eis a love story in the most unlikely of circumstances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLyrical and evocative, Hammour Ziada's masterfully crafted novel is about sorrow, hope, and the cruelty of fate.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHammour\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eZiada\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Umm Durman, Sudan in 1977. He has worked as a civil society and human rights researcher, and is currently a journalist based in Cairo. He is the author of two novels and two collections of short stories. \u003cem\u003eThe Longing of the Dervish\u003c\/em\u003e was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2014 and was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2015. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Wright\u003c\/strong\u003e is a British literary translator and former journalist currently based in London. His numerous translations into English most recently include, \u003cem\u003e Frankenstein in Baghdad \u003c\/em\u003eby Ahmed Saadawi, winner of International Prize for Arabic Fiction. He studied Arabic, Turkish and Islamic civilization at Oxford University and served both as Reuters' Cairo bureau chief and as Reuters' U.S. foreign policy correspondent based in their Washington, D.C. office.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50401763655917,"sku":"9789774167881","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/the-longing-of-the-dervish-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}