A Sleepless Eye: Aphorisms from the Sahara

The Libyan landscape is one of the most diverse and breathtaking, replete with barren deserts, vast ocean...
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Author: Ibrahim Al-Koni
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Language: English
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A Sleepless Eye: Aphorisms from the Sahara by Al-Koni, Ibrahim

A Sleepless Eye: Aphorisms from the Sahara

€20,76

A Sleepless Eye: Aphorisms from the Sahara

€20,76
Author: Ibrahim Al-Koni
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

The Libyan landscape is one of the most diverse and breathtaking, replete with barren deserts, vast ocean coasts, and a stunning display of earth's elements. Al-Koni, an award-winning and critically acclaimed Arabic writer, reflects on this fragile environment and the increasing threats to its existence in A Sleepless Eye, a collection of the poet's desert wisdom. He highlights the relationships between humans and Libya's natural features, grouping them by theme: nature, desert, water, sea, wind, rock, trees, and fire. Each theme contains a set of aphorisms that deliver thoughtful perspectives on what it means to coexist with an evolving planet.

This volume is the result of the author's collaboration with the celebrated French nature photographer, Alain S be, and English translator Allen. The product is a body of work that calls upon readers to question their relationship with the earth through meditative ideas and photos, familiarizing English readers with the fundamental philosophies of environmental stewardship that transcend all boundaries.

Author: Ibrahim Al-Koni
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 05/27/2014
Pages: 132
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.27w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780815610342

About the Author

Ibrahim al-Koni was born in Libya in 1948. A Tuareg who writes in Arabic, he spent his childhood in the desert and learned to read and write Arabic when he was twelve. He studied comparative literature at the Gorky Institute in Moscow. He is the author of over eighty volumes, including novels, stories, and aphorisms, and has been translated into thirty-five languages.

Roger Allen retired in June 2011 from his positions as Sascha Jane Patterson Harvie Professor of Social Thought and Comparative Ethics, School of Arts and Sciences, professor of Arabic and comparative literature, and chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania.

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