Moving the Palace

preview-18
  • Moving the Palace Book Detail

  • Author : Charif Majdalani
  • Release Date : 2017-03-20
  • Publisher : New Vessel Press
  • Genre : Fiction
  • Pages : 178
  • ISBN 13 : 1939931487
  • File Size : 53,53 MB

Moving the Palace by Charif Majdalani PDF Summary

Book Description: “A Middle Eastern heart-of-darkness tale that flows like a dream . . . Crackling with razor-sharp humor” (The New York Times). At the dawn of the twentieth century, a young Lebanese explorer leaves the Levant for the wilds of Africa, encountering an eccentric English colonel in Sudan and enlisting in his service. In this lush chronicle of far-flung adventure, the military recruit crosses paths with a compatriot who has dismantled a sumptuous palace in Tripoli and is transporting it across the continent on a camel caravan. The protagonist soon takes charge of this hoard of architectural fragments, ferrying the dismantled landmark through Sudan, Egypt, and the Arabian Peninsula, attempting to return to his native Beirut with this moveable real estate. Along the way, he will encounter skeptic sheikhs, suspicious tribal leaders, bountiful feasts, pilgrims bound for Mecca, and T. E. Lawrence in a tent—in this “utterly charming” novel that was a recipient of the Académie Française’s François Mauriac Prize (Library Journal). “Renders the complex social landscape of the Middle East and North Africa with subtlety and finesse . . . Yet one doesn’t need to care about the region’s history, or its present-day contexts, to enjoy Moving the Palace.” —The Wall Street Journal

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Moving the Palace books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Moving the Palace

Moving the Palace

File Size : 44,44 MB
Total View : 4002 Views
DOWNLOAD

“A Middle Eastern heart-of-darkness tale that flows like a dream . . . Crackling with razor-sharp humor” (The New York Times). At the dawn of the twentieth

The Crash Palace

The Crash Palace

File Size : 76,76 MB
Total View : 630 Views
DOWNLOAD

SHORTLISTED FOR THE RELIT 2022 NOVEL AWARD A joy ride set on a crash course with the past. Audrey Cole has always loved to drive. Anytime, anywhere, any car: a

The Blue Bird's Palace

The Blue Bird's Palace

File Size : 23,23 MB
Total View : 8389 Views
DOWNLOAD

Inspired by the Russian storytelling tradition, this contemporary fairy tale about a relatable heroine’s inner transformation from materialism to gratefulness

Palace of Books

Palace of Books

File Size : 94,94 MB
Total View : 1722 Views
DOWNLOAD

From beloved storyteller Patricia Polacco comes a picture book based on her childhood about how a very special librarian and town library made her life happier

The Last Palace

The Last Palace

File Size : 69,69 MB
Total View : 8657 Views
DOWNLOAD

A sweeping yet intimate narrative about the last hundred years of turbulent European history, as seen through one of Mitteleuropa’s greatest houses—and the