The dance of the deep-blue scorpion
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Hussain, Sawad, translator.
Published
London : Seagull Books, 2021.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780857428936 (hbk.) :
Physical Desc
129 pages ; 23 cm.
Status
Providence Public - Lobby New Materials
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Published
London : Seagull Books, 2021.
Language
English
ISBN
9780857428936 (hbk.) :
Notes
General Note
Translated from the Arabic.
Description
"An experimental novel that explores the complexity of Palestinian identity through extended metaphor and dark humor. On a plastic chair in a parking lot in Ramallah sits a young man writing a novel, reflecting on his life: working in a dance club on the Israeli side of the border, scratching his father's amputated leg, dreaming nightly of a haunting scorpion, witnessing the powerful aura of his mountain-lodging aunt. His work in progress is a meditation on absence, loss, and emptiness. He poses deep questions: What does it mean to exist? How can you confirm the existence of a place, a person, a limb? How do we engage with what is no longer there? Absurd at times, raw at others, The Dance of the Deep-Blue Scorpion explores Palestinian identity through Akram Musallam's extended metaphors in the hope of transcending the loss of territory and erasure of history."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Musallam, A., & Hussain, S. (2021). The dance of the deep-blue scorpion . Seagull Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Musallam, Akram and Sawad, Hussain. 2021. The Dance of the Deep-blue Scorpion. Seagull Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Musallam, Akram and Sawad, Hussain. The Dance of the Deep-blue Scorpion Seagull Books, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Musallam, Akram,, and Sawad Hussain. The Dance of the Deep-blue Scorpion Seagull Books, 2021.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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