Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 11:41:14 -0600
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At the close of the nineteenth century in Sudan, freed slave Bakhit is let
out of prison with the overthrow of the Mahdist state. On the brink of
death, the memory of his beloved Theodora is all that has sustained him
through seven years of grim incarceration-that and his vow to avenge her
killing.
Set against a backdrop of war, religious fervor, and the massive social and
political upheavals of the time, The Longing of the Dervish is a love story
in the most unlikely of circumstances.
Lyrical and evocative, Hammour Ziada’s masterfully crafted novel confronts
sorrow, hope, and the cruelty of fate.
About the Author
Hammour Ziada was born in Umm Durman, Sudan in 1977. He has worked as a
civil society and human rights researcher, and is currently a journalist
based in Cairo. He is the author of two novels and two collections of short
stories.
Translator of the winning novel in the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
and winner of the Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary
Translation, Jonathan Wright was formerly the Reuters bureau chief in
Cairo. He has translated Alaa Al-Aswany, Youssef Ziedan & Hassan Blassim.
He lives in London, UK.
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