Granada

by Radwa Ashour

Book Overview

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, animals, human captives from the New...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815607652
• ISBN13: 9780815607656
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"