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Author Ṭāhir, Bahāʼ, 1935-

Title Aunt Safiyya and the monastery : a novel / Bahaa' Taher ; translated from the Arabic by Barbara Romaine.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [1996]
©1996

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 124 pages) : map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Literature of the Middle East
Literature of the Middle East.
Summary In Egypt, a Muslim on the run from a family feud seeks refuge in a Christian monastery. The novel traces the abrasive relationship between him and the monks. A clash of cultures.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Arabic fiction -- Translation into English.
Arabic fiction.
Indexed Term Arabic fiction
Egypt
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Fiction.
Fiction.
Added Author Romaine, Barbara, 1959-
Added Title Khālatī Ṣafīyah wa-al-dayr. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95076233
Other Form: Print version: Ṭāhir, Bahāʼ, 1935- Khālatī Safīyah wa-al-dayr. English. Aunt Safiyya and the monastery. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1996 0520200748 (DLC) 95038100 (OCoLC)32969038
ISBN 9780520916333 (electronic book)
0520916336 (electronic book)
0585229627 (electronic book)
9780585229621 (electronic book)
0520200748 (alkaline paper)
9780520200746 (alkaline paper)
0520200756 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780520200753 (paperback ; alkaline paper)