{"product_id":"wolves-of-the-crescent-moon-paperback","title":"Wolves of the Crescent Moon - 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\u003eYousef Al-Mohaimeed\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The first great Saudi novel.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Banned in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, this provocative, fast-paced debut novel confirms what \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e reported about its award-winning author: \"Yousef Al-Mohaimeed is taking on some of the most divisive subjects in the Arab world . . . in a lush style that evokes Gabriel García Márquez.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a Riyadh bus station, a man comes across a file containing official reports about an abandoned baby. As he pieces together the shattered life documented within, a larger picture emerges of three outsiders--a Bedouin, an orphan, and a eunuch-linked by fate and trying to make lives for themselves in a predatory city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unfolding with the intensity of a fever dream over the course of one night, \u003ci\u003eWolves of the Crescent Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of astonishing power and great moral consequence about a deeply traditional society confronting the modern world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYousef Al-Mohaimeed\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Riyadh in 1964. He has published several novels and short story collections in Arabic and has had stories published in Lebanon, Egypt, France, Germany, Spain, and Russia. He studied English and photography at Norwich University in England and was recently presented with an award by \u003ci\u003eDiwan al Arab\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and the Egyptian Journalists Union in recognition of his creative contribution to Arab culture. He lives in Riyadh. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnthony Calderbank\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz's novel \u003ci\u003eRhadopis of Nubia, \u003c\/i\u003eSonallah Ibrahim's \u003ci\u003eZaat\u003c\/i\u003e, and Miral al-Tahawy's \u003ci\u003eThe Tent\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlue Aubergine\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Khobar, Saudi Arabia.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 7.78 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 18, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53591616094573,"sku":"9780143113218","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/jmT3C0QGe69780143113218.webp?v=1784829456","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/wolves-of-the-crescent-moon-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}