The Wink of the Mona Lisa and Other Stories from the Gulf (Memoirs of Arabia)

by Mohammad al Murr

Book Overview

The author lifts away the façade to find drama, humour and pathos in life, death and the humdrum if daily existence, creating memorable characters whose thoughts and actions endear them to us. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860630766
• ISBN13: 9781860630767
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Motivate Pub
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Well told and well written...

Nothing written about the Gulf region has been better reflected than what Al-Murr has in these pages. His stories talk about a place and a time that is truly unrique to this place and the surrounding area. A westerner would never truly undestand the meaning of the whole cultural background and so forth until he reads this book. Some of these stories are true, fabricated with a bit of fiction to entice the reader. All of them can happen or have happened. This is a great book recommended for all those that think that this region is made up of yahoos riding camels. It isn't, as the book point out, and that should be corrected in the minds of people from the west. It is made up a rich society with a rich culture. The way of thinking is different, but through it all it is true.