This year, I decided to structure my reading into a "World Literature" theme. I've spent most of the first half of the year reading European and Russian authors (The Russians alone took up a huge chunk of time!) and am now deciding to move to the Middle East, a region in which I have read extremely little.
I have had no shortage of non-fiction books about the region to read, but does anyone have any fiction recommendations from Arabic or Persian authors?
I'll try to get the ball rolling by recommending one myself: Desert Rhapsody, by Ameen Basheh. (I think you can find it on Amazon or Itunes). It takes place in pre-Islamic Arabia, which I thought was really cool and original to read about.
What about you guys? (Any non-Middle Eastern book recommendations are also welcome--I'm tackling Africa and South America next!)
I have had no shortage of non-fiction books about the region to read, but does anyone have any fiction recommendations from Arabic or Persian authors?
I'll try to get the ball rolling by recommending one myself: Desert Rhapsody, by Ameen Basheh. (I think you can find it on Amazon or Itunes). It takes place in pre-Islamic Arabia, which I thought was really cool and original to read about.
What about you guys? (Any non-Middle Eastern book recommendations are also welcome--I'm tackling Africa and South America next!)