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Cities of salt
By MunÄ«f, Ê»Abd al-RaḥmÄn & Theroux, Peter
- ISBN
- 978-0-39475-526-7
- Publisher
- New York : Vintage Books, 1989, c1987.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 15, 1988
Banned in several Middle Eastern countries, this novel records the encounter between Americans and Arabs in an unnamed Gulf emirate in the 1930s. As oil exploration begins, the destruction of an oasis community amounts to "a breaking off, like death, that n...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
