Endings

By Abdul Rahman Munif

Book Overview

''Drought. Drought again! When drought seasons come, things begin to change. Life and objects change. Humans change too, and no more so than in their moods!" It is not long before the reader of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0704326515
• ISBN13: 9780704326514
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Quartet Books (UK)
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

My new favorite novel

I read this novel for my AP English class and thought it was the most thought provoking, intelligent, ambiguous novel I have read in my life. Munif was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature (I think the year was 1981). The story is of an archaic Saudi Arabian town focused only on tradition and honor. This town struggles with the imposing force of modernity, dealing with new generations and influences from a nearby large city. The story is not so much focused on the people and dialog, but the town itself. One of the most intriguing characters of the novel is actually the desert. I would recommend this novel to anyone who is looking for a change of pace from the typical, American "searching for identity" novel. Endings is simply amazing.