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Abdelrahman munif was jordanianborn economist and prominent arabiclanguage novelist, who used modernist narrative techniques. Peter theroux originally published in beirut in 1984, this multipage epic brings to life many of the political issues that have plagued the mideast for most of this century. It describes the changes in the place, a semiarid desert, and its local muslim inhabitants over this time period. A childhood in amman abd alrahman munif, samira kawar. In 1952 he moved to baghdad to study law and later moved to cairo.
Download cities of salt in pdf and epub formats for free. Full of machiavellian intrigue and searing political satire, variations on night and day, the final volume of munif s landmark cities of salt. The trench cities of salt trilogy, vol 2 peter theroux translator. Like the great mexican muralists, rivera, orozco, and siqueiros, munif paints the painful, colorful, and confused story of the transformation of a whole societylike chinua achebe of nigeria, he shows. It narrates the evolution of the modernday gulf states from the perspective of the people whose lives have been upended with the arrival of the western oil companies. His novels included strong political elements as well as mockeries of the middle eastern elite classes. His books included cities of salt, the trench, and variations on night and day. Abdelrahman munif and the uses of oil words without borders. Cities of salt trilogy by abd alrahman munif, 9780679745334, available at book depository. Pdf cities of salt download full pdf book download. Cities of salt is the story of the destruction and the diaspora of a poor oasis community in an unnamed kingdom in the persian gulf, following the discovery of oil there. His work so offended the rulers of saudi arabia that many of his books were banned and his saudi more about abdelrahman munif. Banned in several middle eastern countries, this novel records the encounter between americans and arabs in an unnamed gulf emirate in the 1930s.
Munif began his career as a writer of fiction relatively late in life. Cities of salt pdf download full pdf read book page. He received a law degree from the sorbonne and a phd in oil economics from the university of belgrade s faculty of economics. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. This book aids americans in their odyssey to understand cultural idiosyncrasies and customs from the middle east. I left off, with the effects of the discovery of oil reserves in the region beginning to show their true colors. Cities of salt, written in the 1980s, tells a story, in other words, that has seldom been brought to the worlds attention, that is very far from twenty first century dialogue. Cities of salt by abdelrahman munif 1989, paperback at the best online prices. The epr for salt lake and ogden included a federal site visit from february 27 through march 3, 1995. Irshad ibrahim kandakkeel an epic piece that tells the story of america s softimperialism in the arabian gulf.
Variations on night and day cities of salt trilogy, vol 3, new york. Feb 04, 2004 an opponent of both the gulf wars, at the time of his death he was writing a book on iraq. This page contains details about the fiction book city of salt by abdelrahman munif published in 1987. Full of machiavellian intrigue and searing political satire, variations on night and day, the final volume of munifs landmark cities of salt trilogy, chronicles the creation of a persian gulf nation by a corrupt arab monarch and conniving british empire builders. First published in 1988 cities of salt open library. Burt did include abdulrahman munifs cities of salt, trans. Abdelrahman munif was born in jordan in 1933 into a trading family of saudi arabian origin. Full of machiavellian intrigue and searing political satire, variations on night and day, the final volume of munif s landmark cities of salt trilogy, chronicles the creation of a persian gulf. In the novel and its sequels, great oilrich cities are soon built, described as cities of salt. Banned in saudia arabia, this is a blistering look at arab and american hypocrisy following the discovery of oil in a poor oasis community. His work so offended the rulers of saudi arabia that many of his books were banned and his saudi citizenship revoked. Cities of salt, published by a saudi arabianjordanian author in 1984, is a very foreign novel to an american reader.
Cities of salt by munif, abdelrahman and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Munif, cities of salt university of texas at austin. Tracing the economic history of the arabic world, munif. Cities of salt, said munif when asked by tariq ali to explain the book s title, means cities that offer no sustainable existence.
Cities of salt and the trench, set in the sultanate of mooran a thinly disguised version of saudi arabia from the mid1930s to the late 1950s, traced the effects of the. Mar 26, 2018 arablits ongoing series on teaching with arabic literature in translation continues with a conversation between arablits editor and layla azmi goushey, associate professor of english at st. It describes the changes in the place, a semiarid desert, and its local muslim. Cities of salt by abdelrahman munif, peter theroux. The first book of munif s classic cities of salt quintet seems to be posted, in its entirety, on the university of warwick website. Cities of salt is a historical fiction book set in an unnamed arab country during the first half of the 20th century. Cities of salt by abdelrahman munif, paperback barnes.
Abdelrahman munif npr coverage of abdelrahman munif. As oil exploration begins, the destruction of an oasis community amounts to a breaking off, like death, that nothing and no one could ever heal. Peter theroux is the translator of a dozen books from arabic, including abdelrahman munif s cities of salt trilogy, naguib mahfouzs children of the alley, and emile. City of salt by abdelrahman munif the 2171st greatest. When the waters come in, the first waves will dissolve the salt and.
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Munif was born a saudi national and brought up in amman, jordan to saudi father and an iraqi mother. May 29, 2014 despite acclaim by prominent thinkers like edward said and tariq ali, munifs work has made small impact on englishlanguage readers. Abdul rahman munif has 35 books on goodreads with 821 ratings. It is set in an unnamed country presumably saudi arabia. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. However, munif insisted that the work is fiction there is no direct association of events and characters. Cities of salt trilogy by abd alrahman munif, 9780679745334, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. In the cities of salt by abdelrahman munif and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Cities of salt is a highly unusual novel because unlike most, its main character is not a human being, but a city, even a country or a culture. Cities of salt has been banned in several middle eastern countries including saudi arabia since its first publication in beirut in 1984, and it is easy to understand why. A novel vintage international vintage international ed by munif, abd alrahman isbn.
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