Zayni Barakat

Author(s)

• Ghīṭānī, Jamāl
• Abdel Wahab, Farouk

Bibliographic Information

Zayni Barakat

Gamal al-Ghitani ; translated from the Arabic by Farouk Abdel Wahab

（Penguin international writers）

Penguin Books, 1990, c1988

Other Title

الزيني بركات

Note

Translation of: Al-Zeini Barakat

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 1971, this novel is set in the early 16th century in the Egypt of the Mamluk dynasty, the warrior caste dominant for over 700 years. The author was a war reporter in the Middle East, and has written six collections of short stories in Arabic.

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Details

• NCID: BA10986754
• ISBN:
  • 014009346X
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ara
• Place of Publication: Harmondsworth
• Pages/Volumes: xxii, 240 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PJ7826.H27/
  • DC19 : 892/.736
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Fiction in Arabic, 1945- -- English texts
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA1098743X