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Cities of Salt

Cities of Salt

Paperback (18 Aug 1994)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A novel that reveals the lifestyle and beliefs of a Bedouin tribe in the 1930s. Set in an unnamed Persian Gulf kingdom, and incorporating religion, history, superstition and mutual incomprehension, the story tells of the cultural confrontation between American oilmen and a poor oasis community.

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Vintage

Vintage

Vintage is a highly respected paperback publisher of contemporary fiction and non-fiction, publishing writers like Philip Roth, Martin Amis and Toni Morrison. There are many Booker and Nobel Prize-winning authors on the Vintage list such as Kingsley Amis, A S Byatt, J M Coetzee, Ismail Kadare, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, Anne Enright, Iris Murdoch, Roddy Doyle and Ben Okri, to name a few.

Book information

ISBN: 9780099388111
Publisher: Vintage
Imprint: Vintage
Pub date:
DEWEY: 892.736
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 627
Weight: 410g
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm

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