{"product_id":"the-desert-or-the-life-and-adventures-of-jubair-wali-al-mammi-paperback","title":"The Desert: Or, the Life and Adventures of Jubair Wali Al-Mammi - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlbert Memmi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJudith Roumani\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as a masterpiece when it was first published in France in 1977, \u003ci\u003eThe Desert \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of al-Mammi, a young exiled prince of a now-destroyed Jewish kingdom in southern Morocco in the late fourteenth century. Fighting battles in the service of kings and narrowly escaping imprisonment, the prince travels the Islamic world absorbing lessons, often painfully, on how to govern himself, as well as a country. At that same time, al-Mammi engages upon a spiritual journey to obtain inner wisdom rather than material riches. Memmi chronicles the prince's fortunes as they rise and fall, drawing upon the traditions of Maghrebian storytelling and Arabian tales to offer a highly imaginative and allegorical novel that provocatively blends history with fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert Memmi\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous philosophical\/sociological essays and is particularly known for his groundbreaking study of the predicament of the colonized in \u003ci\u003eThe Colonizer and the Colonized \u003c\/i\u003eand for his novels, \u003ci\u003ePillar of Salt\u003c\/i\u003e (1953), \u003ci\u003eStrangers\u003c\/i\u003e (1955), and \u003ci\u003eThe Scorpion\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), all set in Tunisia. The Desert, first published in French in 1977, is his fourth novel. In 2004, the Académie Française awarded him the Grand Prix de la Francophonie for his work as a whole. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith Rouman\u003c\/b\u003ei is the translator of \u003ci\u003eJews in an Arab Land: Libya, 1835-1970\u003c\/i\u003e by Renzo De Felice (1985) and author of \u003ci\u003eAlbert Memmi\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), as well as other studies of Memmi, and numerous publications in comparative literature and Sephardic studies.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9.09 x 5.95 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54726941999395,"sku":"9780815610557","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/4836\/2275\/files\/U1dUQnlpMEhpWlErY0RxeTFraTI1Zz09.webp?v=1770783150","url":"https:\/\/chaptersafterdarkbookstore.com\/products\/the-desert-or-the-life-and-adventures-of-jubair-wali-al-mammi-paperback","provider":"Chapters After Dark Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}