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Cities of salt

Munīf, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān. (Author). Theroux, Peter. (Added Author).

Summary: "Set in an unnamed Persian Gulf kingdom in the 1930's, this novel tells the story of the disruption and diaspora of a poor oasis community following the discovery of oil there. The meeting of Arabs and Americans who, in essence, colonized the remote region is a cultural confrontation in which religion, history, superstition, and mutual incomprehension all play a part." --back cover

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  • ISBN: 9780394755267
  • ISBN: 039475526X (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    627 p. ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Vintage International ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1989, c1987.

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General Note:
Translation of: Mudun al-milḥ.

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Subject: Petroleum industry and trade -- Fiction
Colonization -- Fiction
Culture conflict -- Fiction
Americans -- Persian Gulf Region -- Fiction
Arab countries -- Fiction
Middle East -- Politics and government -- Fiction
Rout, K.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Political fiction.
Syrian fiction.
Arabic fiction.

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VIU Library - Nanaimo Campus PJ 7850 U514 M8413 1989 (Text) M011122846 STACKS Volume hold Available -

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