Book set in Umm Badr, Sudan. Reviewed on 2019/09: https://www.instagram.com/p/B2FwIPVgbwk/
With #movingthepalaceby #charifmajdalani we begin to explore a word which is quintessentially #saharan : MOVEMENT. Quite contrary to our preconceived notions, the #sahara is full of ins and outs, people moving in and moving out, pushed in and pushed out, from one extreme to another and with one constant: movement, either voluntarily or forced like in a vast ocean, an ocean of #sanddunes . #majdalaniemploys here every bit of his masterful #levantine prose to entice us into his chaotic and kaleidoscopic historic saga. End of 19th and beginning of 20th century #sudan was a convergence of every European colonial power, regional Ottoman and Arab empires as well as local tribesmen all vying for power and control in the name of every religion and currency possible. The next 4-5 books will all take place in the #greatsandsea : Umm Badr, Bir Tarfawi, Wadi Matkhendush, Ghadamis and Fada. The #libyandesert located in the eastern part of the Sahara is its most impenetrable, most inhospitable, most prized, most visited one… #lebaneseliterature#newvesselpress #caravans#بحر_الرمال_الأعظم #prixtropiques#epicfable #caravanserail#prixfrançoismauriac #recommended#saharalit
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