The Resource Mansour's eyes, Ryad Girod ; translated from the French by Chris Clarke
Mansour's eyes, Ryad Girod ; translated from the French by Chris Clarke
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The item Mansour's eyes, Ryad Girod ; translated from the French by Chris Clarke represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- "Mansour al-Jazaïri is on his way to his public execution. As his faithful friend Hussein looks on, the crowd calls for his head. Gassouh! Gassouh! It is a time when age-old rituals play out amid skyscrapers and are replayed on smartphone screens in the air-conditioned corridors of shopping malls. Set over the course of a single day in the Saudi Arabian capital, Mansour's Eyes weaves together several historical pasts: the time of Mansour's great-grandfather, the Emir Abdelkader; that of Algerian independence; and that of another Mansour, Mansur Al-Hallaj, a Sufi mystic executed in 922. In this lyrical and ambitious novel, Ryad Girod looks at the post-Arab Spring world as its drive toward modernity threatens to sever its relationship with the ethos of Sufi thought and mysticism."--Provided by publisher
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- 155 pages
- Note
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- Translated from the French
- Original title: Les yeux de Mansour
- Isbn
- 9781945492365
- Label
- Mansour's eyes
- Title
- Mansour's eyes
- Statement of responsibility
- Ryad Girod ; translated from the French by Chris Clarke
- Subject
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- Civilization, Arab -- Fiction
- Fiction
- French fiction -- Translations into English
- Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions -- Fiction
- Saudi Arabia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Social problem fiction
- Sufism -- Social aspects -- Fiction
- Syrians -- Saudi Arabia -- Fiction
- Violence
- Violence -- Fiction
- Syrians
- Civilization, Arab
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- "Mansour al-Jazaïri is on his way to his public execution. As his faithful friend Hussein looks on, the crowd calls for his head. Gassouh! Gassouh! It is a time when age-old rituals play out amid skyscrapers and are replayed on smartphone screens in the air-conditioned corridors of shopping malls. Set over the course of a single day in the Saudi Arabian capital, Mansour's Eyes weaves together several historical pasts: the time of Mansour's great-grandfather, the Emir Abdelkader; that of Algerian independence; and that of another Mansour, Mansur Al-Hallaj, a Sufi mystic executed in 922. In this lyrical and ambitious novel, Ryad Girod looks at the post-Arab Spring world as its drive toward modernity threatens to sever its relationship with the ethos of Sufi thought and mysticism."--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1970-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Girod, Ryad
- Dewey number
- 843/.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PQ3989.3.G497
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Clarke, Chris
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Syrians
- Civilization, Arab
- Violence
- Sufism
- Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia
- Civilization, Arab
- Syrians
- Violence
- Saudi Arabia
- Label
- Mansour's eyes, Ryad Girod ; translated from the French by Chris Clarke
- Note
-
- Translated from the French
- Original title: Les yeux de Mansour
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1121608459
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 155 pages
- Isbn
- 9781945492365
- Lccn
- 2020937464
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Mansour's eyes, Ryad Girod ; translated from the French by Chris Clarke
- Note
-
- Translated from the French
- Original title: Les yeux de Mansour
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1121608459
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 155 pages
- Isbn
- 9781945492365
- Lccn
- 2020937464
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- Civilization, Arab -- Fiction
- Fiction
- French fiction -- Translations into English
- Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions -- Fiction
- Saudi Arabia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Social problem fiction
- Sufism -- Social aspects -- Fiction
- Syrians -- Saudi Arabia -- Fiction
- Violence
- Violence -- Fiction
- Syrians
- Civilization, Arab
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