Description
In the remote mountain desert of southern Libya, Asouf—an isolated Bedouin herdsman—lives close to the rhythms of the land, where the moufflon still survives and myth feels as tangible as stone. As foreign intrusions and the arrival of oil wealth begin to reshape the world around him, the novel traces the slow disintegration of nomadic, tribal, and mythic culture, turning everyday survival into a quiet reckoning with loss. Through Asouf’s solitary existence, the story explores endurance, displacement, and the fragile bond between people, animals, and the landscapes that sustain them. Written in Ibrahim Al-Koni’s lyrical, myth-tinged style, this is a haunting meditation on what is taken—and what remains—when a way of life is irrevocably altered.
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paperback
Interlink Books
Published Jan 1, 2002
136 pages
ISBN: 1566564174
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First Published
2001
Language
eng
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