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Granada : a novel

Author: Raḍwá ʻĀshūr; William Granara
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2003.
Series: Middle East literature in translation.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : State or province government publication : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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"Radwa Ashour skillfully weaves a history of Granadan rule and an Arabic world into a novel that evokes cultural loss and the disappearance of a vanquished population. The novel follows the family of Abu Jaafar, the bookbinder--his wife, widowed daughter-in-law, her two children, and his two apprentices--as they witness Christopher Columbus and his entourage in a triumphant parade featuring exotic plants and  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
ʻĀshūr, Raḍwá
Granada.
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2003
(OCoLC)607050066
Material Type: Fiction, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Raḍwá ʻĀshūr; William Granara
ISBN: 0815607652 9780815607656
OCLC Number: 52901371
Language Note: Translation of : Gharnāṭah.
Description: xii, 229 p. ; 23 cm.
Series Title: Middle East literature in translation.
Other Titles: Gharnāṭah.
Responsibility: Radwa Ashour ; translated from the Arabic by William Granara ; with a foreword by Maria Rosa Menocal.

Abstract:

"Radwa Ashour skillfully weaves a history of Granadan rule and an Arabic world into a novel that evokes cultural loss and the disappearance of a vanquished population. The novel follows the family of Abu Jaafar, the bookbinder--his wife, widowed daughter-in-law, her two children, and his two apprentices--as they witness Christopher Columbus and his entourage in a triumphant parade featuring exotic plants and animals, and human captives from the New World. Embedded in the narrative is the preparation for the marriage of Saad, one of the apprentices, and Saleema, Abu Jaafar's granddaughter--a scenario that is elegantly revealed in a number of parallel scenes. As the new rulers of Granada confiscate books, and officials burn the collected volumes, Abu Jaafur quietly moves his rich library out of town. Persecuted Muslims fight to form an independent government, but increasing economic and cultural pressures on the Arabs of Spain and Christian rulers culminate in Christian conversions and Muslim uprisings." Book jacket.
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