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Farooqi is the author of the novel Between Clay and Dust, which was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. His earlier novel, The Story of a Widow, was shortlisted for the 2011 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and considered for the 2010 International Dublin Literary Award. Rabbit Rap is a modernist fable for young adults.
The novel Mu'azzam Ali starts a little before the Battle of Plassey. The lead character, Muazzam Ali, joins the fight against the British with the army of Siraj-ud-Daula . The story progresses as the character moves from one place in India to another in search of lost glory and freedom.
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, considered the greatest epic of Italian literature, derived many features of and episodes about the hereafter directly or indirectly from Arabic works on Islamic eschatology: the Hadith and the Kitab al-Miraj (translated into Latin in 1264 or shortly before [9] as Liber scalae Machometi, "The Book of Muhammad's ...
Despite the structural flaws of the novel (its unrestricted romanticism, its poor division of the focus on Zaynab and Hamid, and a letter by Hamid which is unashamedly Haykal's own recapitulation of all the events that have transpired thus far), the novel is hugely important as the beginning point of the era of the modern Egyptian novel, infused with vernacular language, local characters, and ...
Full Force and Effect (stylized as Tom Clancy Full Force and Effect, Tom Clancy: Full Force and Effect, or Tom Clancy's Full Force and Effect in the United Kingdom [1]) is a political thriller, written by Mark Greaney and published on December 2, 2014.
On Bookmarks May/June 2023 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.0 out of 5) based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "Personal experiences aside, the novel is both action packed and introspective, a "triumphant scream against censorship as well as a celebration of language ...
The book inspired an unparalleled enthusiasm and ran into several editions in a very short period. The book was translated into English by Maulana Zafar Ali Khan and was titled, Al Farooq: The Life of Omar The Great (Second Caliph of Islam) .
The Last Days at Forcados High School is a 2013 young adult novel by Nigerian author A. H. Mohammed. The narrative follows Jimi Solade, a student at Forcados High School in Lagos, and his experiences with various aspects of life. The novel discusses themes such as youth, friendship, parental roles, school roles, transition, and child abuse.