Cities of salt
a novel
1st American ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Theroux, Peter. - Contributor
Publication
1987 - Random House, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
156,750 words, Guess
Page Count
627 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2406851M
- ISBN-100394570081
- OCLC Control Number15790833
- OCLC Control Numbercitiesofsaltnove00muni
- Library of Congress Control Number87040078
and 2 more
- Goodreads1184369
- LibraryThing42579
Classifications
- LCCPJ7850.U514 M8413 1987
- DDC892/.736
Description
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 nothing and no one could ever heal." The promise inherent in the creation of a city divided into Arab and American sectors provides the novel's most striking revelation: here not merely two cultures, but two ages, meet and stand apart. Alternatively amused and bewildered by the Americans and their technological novelties, the Arabs sense in their accommodation to modernity the betrayal of their own traditions. Highly recommended, if only for its cross-cultural insights. --L.M. Lewis, Library Journal.
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