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640 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780394755267
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Publication date: 17 July 1989
Description
Set in an unnamed Persian Gulf kingdom in the 1930s, this remarkable novel tells the story of the disruption and diaspora of a poor oasis community following the discovery of oil there. The meeting of the Arabs and the Americans who, in essence, c...
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640 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780394755267
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Publication date: 17 July 1989
Description
Set in an unnamed Persian Gulf kingdom in the 1930s, this remarkable novel tells the story of the disruption and diaspora of a poor oasis community following the discovery of oil there. The meeting of the Arabs and the Americans who, in essence, c...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings