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The Tongue of Adam
Drawing from the commentators of the Koran to Walter Benjamin, from the esoteric speculations of Judaism to Herodotus, The Tongue of Adam is a nimble book about the mysterious rise …
The Tongue of Adam
Tongue of Adam
In the beginning there was one language-one tongue that Adam used to compose the first poem, an elegy for Abel. "e;These days, no one bothers to ask about the tongue of Adam. …
The Author and His Doubles
In this text Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. He examines love poetry and panegyric, the Prophet's Hadith and the literary …
Maqamat Abi Zayd al-Saruji
Maqamat Abi Zayd al-Saruji is a scholarly, Arabic-only edition of the celebrated work by al-?ariri, which is also available in English translation from the Library of Arabic …
Arabs and the Art of Storytelling
Arabs and the Art of Storytelling, the eminent Moroccan literary historian and critic Kilito revisits and reassesses, in a modern critical light, many traditional narratives of the …
Arabs and the Art of Storytelling
In Arabs and the Art of Storytelling, the eminent Moroccan literary historian and critic Kilito revisits and reassesses, in a modern critical light, many traditional narratives of …
La curiosidad prohibida
Fascinado desde niño por Las mil y una noches, el primer libro que leyó en la infancia (a escondidas o por error de algún adulto), el autor de este libro se enfrenta a su propia …
Thou Shalt Not Speak My Language
It has been said that the difference between a language and a dialect is that a language is a dialect with an army. Both the act of translation and bilingualism are steeped in a …
Thou Shalt Not Speak My Language
It has been said that the difference between and language and a dialect is that a language is a dialect with an army. Both the act of translation and bilingualism are steeped in a …
Impostures
One of the Wall Street Journal's Top 10 Books of the Year Winner, 2020 Sheikh Zayed Book Award, Translation Category Shortlist, 2021 National Translation Award Finalist, 2021 …
The Clash of Images
The Clash of Images is a sweet, Borgesian mix of bildungsroman memoir, family history, short-story collection, fable, and literary criticism. Kilito's story takes place in an …