Pyramid Texts - Couverture rigide

Al-Ghitani, Gamal

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9774160517 ISBN 13 : 9789774160516

Editeur : The American University in Cairo Press, 1999

Synopsis

Weaving strands of Sufi mysticism and medieval Islamic history into ancient Egypt's most enduring symbols, "Pyramid Texts" beguiles the imagination with its masterful use of language, its haunting parables, and its glimpses of divine revelation. In a series of chapters each shorter than the last - so that they taper ultimately into nothingness - the Gamal al-Ghitani traces the obsessions that have drawn men over the centuries to the brooding presence of the pyramids.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Gamal al-Ghitani was born in 1945. He has written thirteen novels, including Zayni Barakat (AUC Press, 2004), and six collections of short stories. He is editor-in-chief of the literary review Akhbar al-adab. Humphrey Davies is the translator of The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany (AUC Press, 2004) and Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury, for which he was awarded the Banipal Prize for Literary Translation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The American University in Cairo Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9774160517
• ISBN 13: 9789774160516
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 131
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• Personne responsable: non disponible