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Published by Banipal Publishing, 2013
ISBN 10: 0957442424ISBN 13: 9780957442429
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by ACTES SUD, 2018
ISBN 10: 2330097298ISBN 13: 9782330097295
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germany
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Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.
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Published by Banipal Publishing, 2020
ISBN 10: 1913043088ISBN 13: 9781913043087
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Published by Banipal Books, London, 2023
ISBN 10: 1913043363ISBN 13: 9781913043360
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Impoverished Egyptian teacher Helmy is desperate to find a better life for himself, his wife and little boy, seeing no future at home in Cairo. He dreams of working in oil-rich Kuwait and its boom in construction being the answer, just like many thousands before him. He manages to borrow the huge cost of a visa and is at last on his way to Kuwait City.He has no idea of the hellish nightmare, instead of the dream, that awaits him the relentless summer sun and temperature of 56oC and more, the choking dust and sweat, having to do construction work instead of teaching. And always, no money, and no answers from the many officials that he comes up against. Instead of achieving his dream, he falls into trap after trap.The author is himself a character in the novel, an engineer with the construction company who is writing a novel about the humiliating and degrading experiences of the migrant foreign workers arriving in Kuwait to make their fortunes.In the Preface to the novel, author Taleb Alrefai writes: "The novel casts lights on the lives of thousands of workers who come to the Gulf states with dreams of money and wealth, but who are confronted with the harshness of a desolate reality. It exposes specifically the suffering of migrant workers in Kuwait, be they Arabs or foreigners, and how their every moment is shaped by need, injustice and cruelty. Some commit suicide, but that has no effect on the work on site under the blazing sun thats like the lash of hell."Almost a historical document on my life and the lives of the workers with whom I lived for fifteen years, Shadow of the Sun presents a human landscape set in and reflecting Kuwait." Impoverished Egyptian teacher Helmy is desperate for a better life for himself, his wife and little boy, seeing no future at home in Cairo. He dreams of working in oil-rich Kuwait and its boom in construction being the answer. He manages to borrow the huge cost of a visa and is on his way there, with no idea of the hellish nightmare awaiting him. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by ACTES SUD, 2022
ISBN 10: 2330163843ISBN 13: 9782330163846
Seller: LIVREAUTRESORSAS, LA BAZOCHE GOUET, France
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Condition: 1. BROCHE. 2022. 256 PAGES. ROMAN. LITTERATURE ETRANGERE. COMME NEUF. PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE.
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Published by Banipal Books, 2020
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Condition: Good. 2020. First Edition Thus. 151 pages. Signed by the author. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Signed by the author with dedication to half title. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Published by ACTES SUD, 2016
ISBN 10: 233005789XISBN 13: 9782330057893
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germany
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Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.
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Published by ACTES SUD, 2023
ISBN 10: 2330179634ISBN 13: 9782330179632
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germany
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Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.
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Published by Actes Sud, 2020
ISBN 10: 2330131666ISBN 13: 9782330131661
Seller: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
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No Binding. Condition: new.
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Published by Editorial Verbum, 2022
ISBN 10: 8413379008ISBN 13: 9788413379005
Seller: AG Library, Malaga, Spain
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Condition: New. Idioma/Language: Español. Nechdi el Marino es la biografía novelada del navegante kuwaití Ali bin Násser Al Nechdi y la reconstrucción literaria del naufragio de su último barco, ocurrido en aguas del golfo Arábigo el 19 de febrero de 1979. A medio camino entre la realidad y la ficción, el rechazo y la nostalgia, el presente y el pasado, la mirada de este león de mar a la edad de setenta años evoca los valores de un mundo que ya no existe, un mundo periclitado como consecuencia del descubrimiento y la explotación del petróleo, y de la invención de las ostras artificiales por parte de los japoneses. Tomando como punto de partida la obra Sons of Sindbad (1940) del marino australiano Alan Villiers, con quien el protagonista compartiría un año de singladuras por las costas del Índico y de África, esta obra escrita con una lengua sencilla y próxima es un canto melancólico a la navegación de los grandes veleros, a la sacrificada vida de marineros y pescadores, y a una sociedad que un día decidió darle la espalda al mar que había sido su principal sustento. Traducida a varios idiomas, Nechdi el Marino fue finalista del International Booker Prize de Ficción Árabe en 2018. *** Nota: Los envíos a España peninsular, Baleares y Canarias se realizan a través de mensajería urgente. No aceptamos pedidos con destino a Ceuta y Melilla.
Published by Verbum, 2016
ISBN 10: 8490742707ISBN 13: 9788490742709
Seller: Librería Cajón Desastre, Ponferrada, Spain
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Paperback. Ref. G108797. 14x20. 208 pág. Colección: Verbum Narrativa. Novela. 31-I spanish.
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Published by Mreditori, 2022
ISBN 10: 8831251384ISBN 13: 9788831251389
Seller: Libro Co. Italia Srl, San Casciano Val di Pesa, FI, Italy
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Condition: new. Illustrazioni di Volpe R. Traduzione di D'Esposito A. Trentola Ducenta, 2022; br., pp. 127. "Vieni!" Mi ricordo, avrò avuto cinque anni il giorno in cui sentii il mare chiamarmi per la prima volta. Da bambino sedevo sull'uscio della nostra vecchia abitazione nel quartiere di Sharq; una stradina polverosa separava casa nostra dalla costa. Non mi stancavo di guardare le barche, erano dei bum che arrendevolmente adagiavano il fianco sulla sabbia della spiaggia, e, dietro di esse, il mare. Una strana domanda già mi frullava in testa: che cosa faceva il mare a queste grosse navi tanto che nel suo abbraccio diventavano minuscole? Intanto il mare continuava a chiamarmi: "Vieni!".
Condition: usado- bueno.