The Wedding of Zein: And Other Stories
by Salih, Tayeb
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- 1590173422
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Tayeb Salih (1929–2009) was born in northern Sudan and educated at the University of Khartoum. After a brief period working as a teacher, he moved to London to work with the BBC Arabic Service. Salih later worked as director general of information in Qatar in the Arabian Gulf, and then with UNESCO in Paris and the Arab Gulf States. Along with The Wedding of Zein , his books in English include Season of Migration to the North (also published as an NYRB Classic) and Bandarshah . Denys Johnson-Davies has translated more than thirty-five books by modern Arab authors, including Naguib Mahfouz and Mahmoud Darwish. He has also produced more than fifty books for children, mostly taken from traditional Arabic sources. He was recently awarded the Sheikh Zayed Prize for his services to Arabic literature. He lives in Cairo. Hisham Matar was born in 1970 in New York City to Libyan parents and spent his childhood in Tripoli and Cairo. His first novel, In the Country of Men (2006), was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. He lives in London. Illustrated by Ibrahim Salahi.
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- Revaluation Books (GB)
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- Title
- The Wedding of Zein: And Other Stories
- Author
- Salih, Tayeb
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1590173422
- ISBN 13
- 9781590173428
- Publisher
- New York Review of Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010