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627 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780394570082
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Banned in several Middle Eastern countries, this novel records the encounter between Americans and Arabs in an unnamed Gulf emirate in the 1930s. As oil exploration begins, the destruction of an oasis community amounts to "a breaking off, like dea...
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627 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780394570082
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Banned in several Middle Eastern countries, this novel records the encounter between Americans and Arabs in an unnamed Gulf emirate in the 1930s. As oil exploration begins, the destruction of an oasis community amounts to "a breaking off, like dea...