The Book Smuggler

by Omaima Al-Khamis and  

Book Overview

A magical story of a Crusade-era bookseller who embarks on a journey through the Islamic world's great medieval cities, winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature

In the epic fashion of the great Arab explorers and travel writers of the Middle Ages, scribe and bookworm Mazid al-Hanafi narrates this journey from his remote village in the Arabian Desert. Dreaming of grand libraries, his passion for the written word draws...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617979988
• ISBN13: 9781617979989
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Hoopoe
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.2" x 8.0"