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Title: A Matter of Fate: The Concept of Fate in the Arab World as Reflected in Modern Arabic Literature
Description: New York / Oxford, Oxford University Press, (2001). orig.boards. 24x16cm, xxiv,320 pp. Minor rubbing. Some light page-edge soil. VG. ¶ Contents: God's Will: The Principle of the Prime Mover; The Wheel of Time: The Agent of Corrosion; Character: The Prison of Life; Custom; The Yoke of Tradition; Gender: The Female Experience; Class & Capital: The Trap of Poverty and Tyranny; Chance: The Random Arbiter; To Wish or Not to Wish? The Double-Edged Sword; Conclusion.

Keywords: Literary Criticism, Arabic Literature, Arab Fatalism, Fate, Islam Islamic, Religion, History, ,

Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
- Book number: BOOKS010928I