出版社：Glendora International im African e-Journals Project
摘要：Thus begins Jamal Mahjoub's latest novel, an epic tale of clashing creeds, of campaigns and conquests, of com munities caught in the tidal currents of history; and individuals - pilgrims, prophets, soldiers and administrators - struggling to salvage some meaning from this vast canvass of chaos. Set in 19th century Sudan in an arid landscape of dust-clouds and desert heat, where nature seems almost as relentless in its demands as the historical forces which propel the combatants along in the savage drama of war and bloodletting, the novel pulsates with history, myth and a thick pall of superstition
