Cities of Salt

by	Abdelrahman Munif

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Description

Banned in Saudia Arabia, this is a blistering look at Arab and American hypocrisy following the discovery of oil in a poor oasis community.

Weight	0.51075 kg
Dimensions	3.81 × 13.2334 × 20.066 cm
by	Abdelrahman Munif
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Publisher	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Year Published	1989-7-17
Imprint	Vintage
Publication City/Country	USA
ISBN 10	039475526X
About The Author	Abdul Rahman Munif was a Saudi novelist. His novels included strong political elements as well as mockeries of the Middle Eastern elite classes. His work so offended the rulers of Saudi Arabia that many of his books were banned and his Saudi citizenship revoked. His books included Cities of Salt, The Trench, and Variations on Night and Day. Munif died in 2004.
	"The only serious work of fiction that tries to show the effect of oil, Americans and the local oligarchy on a Gulf country."–Edward W. Said
Series	Vintage International

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