Wajdi al-Ahdal

Auteur de A Land without Jasmine

1+ oeuvres 37 utilisateurs 2 critiques

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A Land without Jasmine (2008) 37 exemplaires

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Nom canonique: al-Ahdal, Wajdi
Nom légal: وجدي الأهلي
Date de naissance: 1973-02-16
Sexe: male
Nationalité: Yemen
Pays (pour la carte): Yemen
Lieu de naissance: Al Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen
Lieux de résidence: Al Hudaydah
Sanaa, Yemen
Syria
Études: University of Sanaa, Yemen
Professions: writer
Prix et distinctions: Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation (2013)

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A Land Without Jasmine par Wajdi Al-Ahdal

Jasmine, a young archaeology student in Yemen, disappears. After an extract from Jasmine's diary we hear from the police investigator, witnesses, and suspects.

Fascinating inside look at a different society and very different from standard detective fiction

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Robertgreaves | 1 autre critique | Jul 2, 2020 |

A Land without Jasmine par Wajdi al-Ahdal

I feel like something was lost in translation between me and this book. The blurb described it as a "satirical detective novel", but I think it really helps if you know in advance that it totally subverts the genre by not giving you a satisfying ending. Then again, maybe the different literary tradition of Arabic means the detective genre has different conventions! I don't know.

Aside from that, though, this is a novella with a social conscience, more a critique of Yemeni society than really a detective novel. I enjoyed it.… (plus d'informations)

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Jayeless | 1 autre critique | May 27, 2020 |

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