Maps of the Soul
Published on 31. March 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
618 pages
978-1-85077-271-2 (ISBN)
Description
A giddy journey through 1930's Tripoli, as compelling as it is damning.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 46 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85077-271-2 (9781850772712)
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Ahmed Fagih is a renowned Libyan novelist and playwright, born in Libya, 1942. His first collection of short fiction in Arabic was published in 1965. Gardens of the Night, his award winning trilogy, was published in English translation in 1995. His other works include several collections of short stories, plays and essays. Maps of the Soul is a twelve part novel, published in the Arabic original in 2009. This edition presents parts one to three in the first ever English translation. Fagih lives between Tripoli and Cairo.