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ISBN 10: 0815612230 ISBN 13: 9780815612230
Editorial: Syracuse University Press, 2026

Sinopsis

A tale of two idealists chasing modernity from Ottoman Mount Lebanon to the West, only to find that the road to enlightenment is as futile--and human--as paving the sea.

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Satirist, linguist, professor, and novelist, Rashid El-Daif is one of the leading voices on the contemporary Arabic literature scene. He has published three collections of poetry and numerous novels that have been translated into more than fourteen languages. Described as the Arab world’s answer to Umberto Eco, his works represent a painful break with grand ideologies and grapple with the collapse of the initial project of Arab modernity. El-Daif teaches creative writing at the American University of Beirut.

Nicholas R. Lobo is a doctoral student in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. He earned his master’s in Islamic history at the University of Oxford and has worked for several years as an Arabic-English translator at the Arab Center in Doha, Qatar.

Alfred J. Naddaff is a Knight-Hennessy scholar and PhD candidate in the Comparative Literature Department at Stanford University. He earned his master’s in Arabic language and Near Eastern studies at the American University of Beirut and writes for various news publications.

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Editorial
Syracuse University Press
Año de publicación
2026
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0815612230
ISBN 13 
9780815612230
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
192
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