{"product_id":"the-night-will-have-its-say-9781649031860","title":"The Night Will Have Its Say","description":"\u003cb\u003eInternational 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 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 Ibn Nu'man's forces.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Night Will Have Its Say \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAl-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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIbrahim al-Koni\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the northwest of the Sahara Desert in Libya in 1948 and learned to read and write Arabic at the age of twelve. He has been hailed a magical realist, a Sufi fabulist, and a poetic novelist, and his more than eighty books contain mythological elements, spiritual quests, and existential questions. His books have been translated into thirty-five languages and include \u003ci\u003eGold Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Animist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Oasis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Puppet\u003c\/i\u003e, and many more. Among the many literary prizes to his name, he has been awarded the Sheikh Zayed Prize for Literature and was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. He currently lives in Spain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning translator of a number of Arabic novels including Salwa Bakr's \u003ci\u003eThe Man from Bashmour\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she received a commendation in the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Translation, and Ibrahim Nasrallah's \u003ci\u003eTime of White Horses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lanterns of the King of Galilee\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGaza Weddings, \u003c\/i\u003e for which she was awarded the 2018 Sheikh Hamad Prize for Translation and International Understanding. She lives in Wheaton, Illinois. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hoopoe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50450023219474,"sku":"9781649031860","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f860987b-1da1-408e-9040-b752870a50ea.jpg?v=1729749191","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-night-will-have-its-say-9781649031860","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}