Synopses & Reviews
Banned in Saudi Arabia, this provocative, fast-paced debut novel confirms what
The Washington Post reported about its award-winning Author - "Yousef Al- Mohaimeed is taking on some of the most divisive subjects in the Arab world . . . in a lush style that evokes Gabriel García Márquez."
In a Riyadh bus station, a man comes across a file containing official reports about an abandoned baby. As he pieces together the shattered life documented within, a larger picture emerges of three outsiders-a Bedouin, an orphan, and a eunuch-linked by fate and trying to make lives for themselves in a predatory city.
Unfolding with the intensity of a fever dream over the course of one night, Wolves of the Crescent Moon is a novel of astonishing power and great moral consequence about a deeply traditional society confronting the modern world.
Review
"At last an authentic voice from Saudi Arabia."
-Hanan al-Shaykh, author of Women of Sand and Myrrh
"Brave and brilliant . . . A novel that sneaks up on you with its power to make you see, hear, and live the complexities of another world."
-Uzodinma Iweala, author of Beasts of No Nation
"An irresistible novel."
-Nuruddin Farah, author of Links and Knots
Synopsis
An extraordinary novel from a leading voice among the new generation of Middle Eastern writers
Banned in Saudi Arabia, this provocative, gorgeously written novel confirms what the Washington Post reported about its award-winning author: Yousef Al-Mohaimeed is taking on some of the most divisive subjects in the Arab world... in a lush style that evokes Gabriel Garca Marquez. The story of three men a Bedouin missing an ear, an orphan missing an eye, and a eunuch, Wolves of the Crescent Moon is a novel of almost overpowering sensuality about people who have been denied sensual experience. As their paths converge in a narrative of graphic immediacy and aching lyricism, they discover the miraculous power of stories to deliver them from the nightmares of their lives to the beauty of a new day.
Synopsis
The first great Saudi novel. The New York Sun
Banned in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, this provocative, fast-paced debut novel confirms what The Washington Postreported about its award-winning author: "Yousef Al-Mohaimeed is taking on some of the most divisive subjects in the Arab world . . . in a lush style that evokes Gabriel Garcia Marquez."
In a Riyadh bus station, a man comes across a file containing official reports about an abandoned baby. As he pieces together the shattered life documented within, a larger picture emerges of three outsiders a Bedouin, an orphan, and a eunuch-linked by fate and trying to make lives for themselves in a predatory city.
Unfolding with the intensity of a fever dream over the course of one night, Wolves of the Crescent Moonis a novel of astonishing power and great moral consequence about a deeply traditional society confronting the modern world."
Synopsis
Banned in Saudi Arabia, this provocative, fast-paced debut novel confirms what The Washington Post reported about its award-winning author: aYousef Al-Mohaimeed is taking on some of the most divisive subjects in the Arab world . . . in a lush style that evokes Gabriel GarcA-a MArquez.a
In a Riyadh bus station, a man comes across a file containing official reports about an abandoned baby. As he pieces together the shattered life documented within, a larger picture emerges of three outsidersaa Bedouin, an orphan, and a eunuchalinked by fate and trying to make lives for themselves in a predatory city.
Unfolding with the intensity of a fever dream over the course of one night, Wolves of the Crescent Moon is a novel of astonishing power and great moral consequence about a deeply traditional society confronting the modern world.
About the Author
YOUSEF AL-MOHAIMEED was born in Riyadh in 1964. He has published several novels and short story collections in Arabic and has had stories published in Lebanon, Egypt, France, Germany, Spain, and Russia. He studied English and photography at Norwich University in England and was recently presented with an award by Diwan al Arab magazine and the Egyptian Journalists Union in recognition of his creative contribution to Arab culture. He lives in Riyadh.