The Night Will Have Its Say
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The Night Will Have Its Say

A Novel

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The Night Will Have Its Say

A Novel

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International Booker Prize finalist and "one of the Arab world's most innovative novelists" (Roger Allen) delivers a brilliant retelling of the Muslim wars of conquest in North Africa The year is 693 and a tense exchange, mediated by an interpreter, takes place between Berber warrior queen al-Kahina and an emissary from the Umayyad General Hassan ibn Nu'man. Her predecessor had been captured and killed by the Umayyad forces some years earlier, but she will go on to defeat them. The Night Will Have Its Say is a retelling of the Muslim wars of conquest in North Africa during the seventh century CE, narrated from the perspective of the conquered peoples. Written in Ibrahim al-Koni's unique and enchanting voice, his lyrical and deeply poetic prose speaks to themes that are intensely timely. Through the wars and conflicts of this distant, turbulent era, he addresses the futility of war, the privilege of an elite few at the expense of the many, the destruction of natural habitats and indigenous cultures, and questions about literal and fundamentalist interpretations of religious texts.Al-Koni's masterly account of conquest and resistance is both timeless and timely, infused with a sense of disaster and exile—from language, the desert, and homeland.

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Publisher
Hoopoe
Year
2022
ISBN
9781649031303
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. 1 Scripture
  6. 2 BĂ©jaĂŻa
  7. 3 The Intercessor
  8. 4 The Straight Path
  9. 5 Dervish of an Era Lost
  10. 6 The Poet
  11. 7 Phantoms
  12. 8 Happiness
  13. 9 Kusaila’s Ghost
  14. 10 Night and Day
  15. 11 The Covenant
  16. 12 The Virgins
  17. 13 The Truce
  18. 14 The Lesson
  19. 15 The Captives
  20. 16 The Message
  21. 17 The Lioness
  22. 18 Certainty
  23. 19 Language
  24. 20 Brotherhood
  25. 21 Love
  26. 22 Martyrdom
  27. 23 The Seed
  28. 24 Murder
  29. 25 The Longest Stretch of Shade on Earth
  30. 26 The Obliteration
  31. 27 The Abode
  32. 28 The Bridge
  33. 29 Glory
  34. 30 The Obstacle
  35. 31 The Lifeline
  36. 32 Money
  37. 33 Freedom
  38. 34 The Loaf of Bread
  39. 35 The Straw
  40. 36 The Jizya
  41. 37 Foundlings
  42. 38 Needs
  43. 39 Wounds to the Spirit
  44. 40 The East
  45. 41 The Bleeding of the Spirit
  46. 42 The Abode
  47. 43 The Offering
  48. 44 Migration
  49. 45 The Intrigue
  50. 46 The Mission
  51. 47 Wrongdoing
  52. 48 The Imam
  53. 49 Woe
  54. 50 Peace
  55. 51 The Successor
  56. 52 The Renunciation
  57. 53 The Deadly Diversion
  58. 54 Lying
  59. 55 The Greater River
  60. 56 The Recitation
  61. 57 The Pledge of Allegiance
  62. 58 The Pact
  63. 59 The Antidote
  64. Key Terms
  65. Notes