{"product_id":"earth-weeps-saturn-laughs-9789774165900","title":"Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs","description":"\u003ci\u003eEarth Weeps, Saturn Laughs \u003c\/i\u003eopens with the return of Khalid Bakhit, a government employee, to his hometown in Oman after a time away in the big city, and concludes with his return to the city with a new maturity born of a series of wrenching encounters with reality. Khalid's return home, sparked by his flight from a painful love affair, coincides with events that reveal the force of long-established traditions that have a stranglehold on the town: from racial prejudice, to religious bigotry, to ossified patterns of leadership. Khalid's awakening and transformation are catalyzed by his encounters with a certain \"Saturnine poet\" who, in the course of chasing after an elusive ode, has stumbled upon this unnamed village. For a period of time \"the Saturnine\" becomes Khalid's closest companion: listening to his woes, helping him see himself with new eyes, and imparting to him a wisdom from a world beyond, untainted by human smallness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbdulaziz Al Farsi\u003c\/b\u003e, born in Shinas, Oman, in 1976, is a medical oncologist. He began writing in 1998 and is the author of six collections of short stories and two biographical works. \u003ci\u003eEarth Weeps, Saturn Laughs \u003c\/i\u003eis his first novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of Salwa Bakr's \u003ci\u003eThe Man from Bashmour \u003c\/i\u003e(AUC Press, 2007), for which she received a commendation in the Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for Translation. Her most recent translation is Ibrahim Nasrallah's \u003ci\u003eTime of White Horses\u003c\/i\u003e (AUC Press, 2012).\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"American University in Cairo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50367920570642,"sku":"9789774165900","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f66e9859-2104-4f29-8bee-c633ab120229.jpg?v=1728500528","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/earth-weeps-saturn-laughs-9789774165900","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}