Book
Nazl al-dhurah al-ṣafrāʼ : riwāyah
Call Number
- ARABIC FICTION ABU TEEN (OSH)
Edition
al-Ṭabʻah al-ūlá.
Languages
In Arabic.
Publication Information
ʻAmmān : al-Ahlīyah, 2015.
Physical Description
141 pages ; 20 cm
Summary
A mesmerizing young adult novel with layers of meaning about Meena, who is a caretaker of the animals who roam in the fields surrounding her parents' house. She is a medicine woman of sorts, creating and eperimenting with all sorts of tinctures and medicines to heal the animals. All the lions have been killed by hunters, except Sisu, who Meena must keep secret but is trying desperately to save.