Wolves of the Crescent Moon
by Yousef Al-Mohaimeed
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Read in May, 2008
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Saw it at the bookstorerecommends it for: people who like stream of conciousness, people interested in Arabic culture and locales
Do identity crises always happen in bus stations? Wolves of the Crescent Moon follows that mental wanderings of a man who has found himself at loose ends after losing his latest job. He goes to the Ryadh bus station to catch the first bus to who knows where and ends up spending the night in the waiting room with his thoughts.
Turad lives at the bottom of the social order in Saudi Arabia. He's neither educated, skilled ot smooth enough to be successful in the big city. Yet, he's not cheap ...more
Turad lives at the bottom of the social order in Saudi Arabia. He's neither educated, skilled ot smooth enough to be successful in the big city. Yet, he's not cheap ...more
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Read in May, 2008
I chose this book because the back cover made it sound like it might be a story of hope and love and friendship set in an Arabian Nights vision of Saudi Arabia ("...three outsiders...linked by fate and trying to make lives for themselves in a predatory city..."), but I was misled. Yousef Al-Mohaimeed writes with a dark turn of phrase, painting pictures of cruelty and heart-break that carried over into my dreams, leaving me sad and lonely and melancholy the following day. I decided no...more
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I thought this book was interesting because of the Saudi Arabian setting, but there wasn't really much else going on. The main character, Turad, is a Bedouin lost in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Once a prolific thief, he travels to the city after losing his ear in a mysterious accident that causes him great shame. Over the course of one night, we learn why Turad feels that he is lost in a hell that he cannot escape. It is essentially a Saudi Arabian version of Crash, where the plots come...more
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Read in January, 2008
I very fast read. Tells about 3 male characters that have suffered a great deal. One is an abandoned baby who has one of his eyes eaten out by cats. One is a slave and eunuch. One is a man who lost his ear to a wolf while buried up to his neck in sand. They are all trying to live in a rather vicious city and are at the bottom of the social and economic totem pole.
Very dark book with the barest hint of hope at the end. I can see why the book is banned in Saudia Arabia. I felt that the...more
Very dark book with the barest hint of hope at the end. I can see why the book is banned in Saudia Arabia. I felt that the...more
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