{"product_id":"the-desert-and-the-drum-paperback","title":"The Desert and the Drum - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMbarek Ould Beyrouk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRachael McGill\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Desert and the Drum is the first novel ever to be translated into English from Mauritania. It won the Ahmadou-Kourouma Prize in 2016. Everything changes for Rayhana when foreigners with strange machines arrive to mine for metal near her Bedouin camp. One of them is the enigmatic Yahya. Rayhana's association with him leads to her abandoning all she knows and fleeing alone to the city. When her tribe discover she's stolen their sacred drum they pursue her to exact their revenge. Though Rayhana has her own missing person to seek. The Desert and the Drum tells of Rayhana's rift with her family, the disturbing characters she encounters in the metropolis, her attempts to separate friend from foe and to find a place for herself amidst the contradictions of contemporary Mauritania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770006044960,"sku":"9781910213797","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/592ccd7b6889d9477710d62c8cc13596.webp?v=1780362313","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-desert-and-the-drum-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}