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Beirut 39: New Writing from the Arab World by Samuel Shimon & Amin Maalouf
25.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
'Beirut39' is a Hay Festival project which aims to select and celebrate 39 of the best young Arab writers as a centrepiece of the Beirut World Capital festivities in April 2010. Following the successful launch of 'Bogota 39', which identified many of the most interesting upcoming Latin American talents, ...Show more
Samarkand by Amin Maalouf
32.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Reading Level: good
Accused of mocking the inviolate codes of Islam, the Persian poet and sage Omar Khayyam fortuitously finds sympathy with the very man who is to judge his alleged crimes. Recognising genuis, the judge decides to spare him and gives him instead a small, blank book, encouraging him to confine his thoughts ...Show more
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