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- catalog 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.".
- catalog alternative "Gharnāṭah. English".
- catalog contributor b13047997.
- catalog contributor b13047998.
- catalog coverage "Granada (Spain) History Fiction.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog extent "xii, 229 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Granada.".
- catalog identifier "0815607652 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Granada.".
- catalog isPartOf "Middle East literature in translation".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng ara".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press,".
- catalog relation "Granada.".
- catalog spatial "Granada (Spain) History Fiction.".
- catalog subject "892.7/36 22".
- catalog subject "PJ7814.S514 G4813 2003".
- catalog title "Gharnāṭah. English".
- catalog title "Granada : a novel / Radwa Ashour ; translated from the Arabic by William Granara ; with a foreword by Maria Rosa Menocal.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".