Description
In the vast, shifting world of the Sahara, a Tuareg community lives by movement, memory, and the fragile promise of water. When their leader dies, the tribe must confront the uncertainty of succession and the hard question of what it means to keep traveling—or to settle—when survival depends on forces no one can control. As they follow an heir bound by tradition and fate, the journey becomes a meditation on desert nomadism versus sedentary life, and on how leadership, belief, and belonging endure under pressure. Written in Ibrahim al-Koni’s lyrical, myth-tinged style, this novel blends high-stakes survival with profound themes of identity, change, and the cost of adaptation in a landscape that never stops transforming.
Available Editions
paperback
University of Texas Press
Published Jan 1, 2014
166 pages
ISBN: 9780292754751
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Details
First Published
2014
Language
eng
Translation
From: ara
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