Call Number
PJ7976.I23 S5313 2016
ISBN
9789774167881
Reference Only
Off
Number of Pages
297
Library of Congress Subject Heading
Arabic fiction -- 21st century
Library of Congress Subject Heading 2
Sudan -- History -- 1881-1899 -- Fiction
Abstract
At 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. Set against a backdrop of war, religious fervor, and the monumental social and political upheavals of the time, The Longing of the Dervish is a love story in the most unlikely of circumstances. Lyrical and evocative, Hammour Ziada's masterfully crafted novel is about sorrow, hope, and the cruelty of fate.
Shawq al-darwish