by Baha Taher · Editoriale Jouvence · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788878012172
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«Zia Safia e il monastero» is the novel by Baha Taher, published by Editoriale Jouvence in paperback (112 pages, in Italian).
In a village in Upper Egypt where Christians and Muslims have coexisted for centuries, a young Muslim whose life is in danger takes refuge in a Coptic monastery. Baha Taher weaves a story of honor, blood vengeance and community tension, and portrays Egyptian rural life and the contradictions of a traditional society beginning to change.
Work originally published in Arabic in 1991; this Italian edition is from 1993 and was translated by Giuseppe Margherita. It won the Giuseppe Acerbi Prize in 2000.
For readers of contemporary Arabic literature and stories about religious coexistence in rural Egypt.
