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The Grub Hunter de Amir Tag Elsir

The Grub Hunter: Heinemann African Writers Series

Autor Amir Tag Elsir
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 oct 2012
Abdallah Harfash, a former secret service agent, is determined to become a writer after an accident costs him his leg and his job. This quest takes him on a curious and often comic journey. Amir Tag Elsir's novel is filled with strange situations and even stranger characters.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780435134808
ISBN-10: 0435134809
Pagini: 144
Dimensiuni: 197 x 125 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: Pearson Education
Seria Heinemann African Writers Series

Caracteristici

Elsir regularly appears on prominent literary prize lists. The Grub Hunter was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arab Fiction in 2011. His other novel, 366 (2013), was amongst the winners of the 2015 Katara Prize for the Arabic Novel. His 2015 book, The Resort of the Enchantresses was also longlisted for the 2017 Katara Prize.

Notă biografică

Amir Tag Elsir, also written as Amir Taj al-Sir, is a poet, novelist, and medical doctor born in 1960 in northern Sudan. He studied medicine at Tanta University in Egypt and at the British Royal College of Medicine. Since then, he has published over 20 books, consisting of novels, biographies and poetry collections. His novel The Grub Hunter (2010) was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2011 while his 2013 novel, 366 was among the winners of the 2015 Katara Prize for the Arabic Novel. Elsir currently works as a medical doctor in Doha, Qatar. Translated from the Arabic by William M. Hutchins.William M. Hutchins was born in 1944 in Kentucky. Majoring in art history at Yale University, he graduated in 1964. His best-known work is his translation of the Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz. He is currently a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Appalachian State University in North Carolina.

Recenzii

By turns funny and moving, [The Grub Hunter] captures the absurdity of modern life under the intrusive eye of a repressive regime.
[Elsir is] a giant among Arabic fiction writers.