- Slaves, Fiction, Human rights
"Najeeb's dearest wish is to work in the Gulf and earn enough money to send back home. He achieves his dream only to be propelled by a series of incidents, grim and absurd, into a slave-like existence herding goats in the middle of the Saudi desert.
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Contemporary, classical in form, intimate and prestige.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Benyāmin
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 255
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, India Penguin
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780143416333
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