{"product_id":"earth-weeps-saturn-laughs-paperback","title":"Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbdulaziz Al Farsi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarth Weeps, Saturn Laughs opens with the return of Khalid Bakhit, a government employee, to his hometown in Oman after a time away in the big city, and concludes with his return to the city with a new maturity born of a series of wrenching encounters with reality. Khalid's return home, sparked by his flight from a painful love affair, coincides with events that reveal the force of long-established traditions that have a stranglehold on the town: from racial prejudice, to religious bigotry, to ossified patterns of leadership. Khalid's awakening and transformation are catalyzed by his encounters with a certain \"Saturnine poet\" who, in the course of chasing after an elusive ode, has stumbled upon this unnamed village. For a period of time \"the Saturnine\" becomes Khalid's closest companion: listening to his woes, helping him see himself with new eyes, and imparting to him a wisdom from a world beyond, untainted by human smallness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbdulaziz Al Farsi was born in Shinas in the Sultanate of Oman in 1976. He graduated from medical school at Sultan Qaboos University in 2001. In 2006 he became a fellow in the British Royal Medical College in Edinburgh, and is currently a senior specialist in oncology at the National Oncology Centre\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eat the Sultani Hospital in Muscat, Oman. He has been writing since 1998 and has had four short story collections published. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEarth Weeps, Saturn Laughs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNancy Roberts is the translator of Salwa Bakr's The Man from Bashmour (AUC Press, 2007), for which she received a commendation in the Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for Translation. Her other recent translations include Naguib Mahfouz's \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove in the Rain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e (AUC Press, 2011) and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mirage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e (AUC Press, \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e2009), and Ibrahim Nasrallah's \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime of White Horses\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e (AUC Press, 2012).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769674334496,"sku":"9789774165900","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f7e0a505fe86673549aac38607f16c2b.webp?v=1780353117","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/earth-weeps-saturn-laughs-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}