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Dongola: A Novel of Nubia
by Ali, Idris;Theroux, Peter (translator)
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1557285314
- ISBN 13
- 9781557285317
- Seller
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Fayetteville, AR, U.S.A.: University of Arkansas Press, 1998. In this, the first Nubian novel every translated, a Nubian worker in modern Egypt, Awad, dreams of Dongala, the capital of medieval Nubia, now lost to the flood waters of the Aswan High Dam; in Dongala, the Nubians reached their zenith, defeating and dominating Upper Egypt; now, while Awad works in Cairo for good wages, his wife remains at home in squalor and must deal with the reality of today's Nubia, a poverty-stricken land (dark green cloth with gold lettering; green dust jacket with yellow lettering, author's photo on rear flap, very slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- House of Our Own Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003133
- Title
- Dongola: A Novel of Nubia
- Author
- Ali, Idris;Theroux, Peter (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1557285314
- ISBN 13
- 9781557285317
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Place of Publication
- Fayetteville, AR, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
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