{"product_id":"allahs-spacious-earth-paperback","title":"Allah's Spacious Earth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOmar Sayfo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Olchváry\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllah's Spacious Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunningly fresh and timely political dystopia that depicts the tragic yet very real consequences of tensions between majority populations and Muslim minorities in the Western world. The novel is set in an imagined future where anti-Muslim sentiment and political pressure lead to a community being cut off from the rest of society. Told from the perspective of Nasim, a young Muslim living in the Zone--an urban area within one of the states forming the Pan-European Federation--the story follows his journey as he struggles with the restrictions imposed upon him along with the expectations of his community. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the tradition of Michel Houellbecq's\u003ci\u003e Submission\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAllah's Spacious Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful novel of ideas that brilliantly captures a growing fear in Western societies and its devastating fallout.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOmar Sayfo \u003c\/b\u003eis an affiliated researcher at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry, Utrecht University. He is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eArab Animation: Images of Identity.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Olchváry\u003c\/b\u003e has translated more than ten books from Hungarian, including György Dragomán's novel \u003ci\u003eThe White King. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has received translation awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, PEN America, and Hungary's Milán Füst Foundation. His shorter translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review, The Hungarian Quarterly, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eturnrow.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722556510271,"sku":"9780815611554","price":27.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f746e7a4eaa4b26c1d45818bf44f3e44.webp?v=1765096158","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/allahs-spacious-earth-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}