{"product_id":"the-wedding-of-zein-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"The Wedding of Zein and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTayeb Salih\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHisham Matar\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eDenys Johnson-Davies\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Wedding of Zein\" unfolds in the same village on the upper Nile where Tayeb Salih's tragic masterpiece \u003ci\u003eSeason of Migration to the North\u003c\/i\u003e is set. Here, however, the story that emerges through the overlapping, sometimes contradictory voices of the villagers is comic. Zein is the village idiot, and everyone in the village is dumbfounded when the news goes around that he will be getting married--Zein the freak, Zein who burst into laughter the moment he was born and has kept women and children laughing ever since, Zein who lost all his teeth at six and whose face is completely hairless, Zein married at last? Zein's particular role in the life of the village has been the peculiar one of falling in love again and again with girls who promptly marry another man. It would be unheard of for him to get married himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Tayeb Salih's wonderfully agile telling, the story of how this miracle came to be is one that engages the tensions that exist in the village, or indeed in any community: tensions between the devout and the profane, the poor and the propertied, the modern and the traditional. In the end, however, Zein's ridiculous good luck augurs an ultimate reconciliation, opening a prospect of a world made whole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Salih's classic novella appears here with two of his finest short stories, \"The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid\" and \"A Handful of Dates.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTayeb Salih (1929-2009) was born in northern Sudan and educated at the University of Khartoum. After a brief period working as a teacher, he moved to London to work with the BBC Arabic Service. Salih later worked as director general of information in Qatar in the Arabian Gulf, and then with UNESCO in Paris and the Arab Gulf States. Along with \u003ci\u003eThe Wedding of Zein\u003c\/i\u003e, his books in English include \u003ci\u003eSeason of Migration to the North\u003c\/i\u003e (also published as an NYRB Classic) and \u003ci\u003eBandarshah\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDenys Johnson-Davies (1922-2017) translated more than thirty-five books by modern Arab authors, including Naguib Mahfouz and Mahmoud Darwish. He has also produced more than fifty books for children, mostly taken from traditional Arabic sources. In 2007 he was awarded the Sheikh Zayed Prize for his services to Arabic literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eHisham Matar was born in 1970 in New York City to Libyan parents and spent his childhood in Tripoli and Cairo. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eIn the Country of Men\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. He lives in London. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated by Ibrahim Salahi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47399171096754,"sku":"9781590173428","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/004835c8df9b03421b23c1cc115fbb87.webp?v=1778066387","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-wedding-of-zein-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}