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Set in the small town called Tarrana in the Nile Delta in the 1930s, this book revolves around nine episodes in the life of a sensitive young Christian boy - a montage of philosophical, mythical, and psychological perspectives that highlights the struggle between polarities of man and woman, Copt and Muslim, dreams and reality.

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'Kharrat's prose is carefully wrought and offers ... richly melancholy pleasures.' TLS 'The mundane and the mystical meet in ... the finest prose.' Jordan Times Praise for Edwar al-Kharrat: 'More Proust than Durrell, and I think worthy of the comparison.'Doris Lessing 'A rich and rare achievement, gem-clear, mysteriously shimmering.' Guardian

Stones of Bobello

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    A Paperback / softback by Edwar Al-Kharrat, Paul Starkey

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      Publisher: Saqi Books
      Publication Date: 01/04/2005
      ISBN13: 9780863565168, 978-0863565168
      ISBN10: 0863565166

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Set in the small town called Tarrana in the Nile Delta in the 1930s, this book revolves around nine episodes in the life of a sensitive young Christian boy - a montage of philosophical, mythical, and psychological perspectives that highlights the struggle between polarities of man and woman, Copt and Muslim, dreams and reality.

      Trade Review
      'Kharrat's prose is carefully wrought and offers ... richly melancholy pleasures.' TLS 'The mundane and the mystical meet in ... the finest prose.' Jordan Times Praise for Edwar al-Kharrat: 'More Proust than Durrell, and I think worthy of the comparison.'Doris Lessing 'A rich and rare achievement, gem-clear, mysteriously shimmering.' Guardian

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