{"product_id":"morning-in-serra-mattu-arif-gamal-9781938073892","title":"Morning in Serra Mattu: A Nubian Ode","description":"\u003cp\u003eA mosaic of interrelated stories exploding with personality, myth, and geohistorical weight, Morning in Serra Mattu is a profound, joyful meditation on life in modern Sudan. Arif Gamal seamlessly blends large-scale political realities with the local and the traditional: ?old villages\/whose ancient way is so composed\/each single blade of grass is known\/and in its place.\" Epic in scope, spellbinding in its intimacy, generosity, and wisdom, \u003ci\u003eMorning in Serra Mattu\u003c\/i\u003e is the book we didn't know we needed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehow thrilling it was in the earliest morning\u003cbr\u003eto race barefoot down the sandy slopes and dunes\u003cbr\u003ewith all the bellowing goats\u003cbr\u003eand dogs and sheep and other animals\u003cbr\u003efor their first morning drink\u003cbr\u003eand to swim in the fresh waters of the flowing river\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewhile the thousand upon thousand\u003cbr\u003eof high unhindered Nubian stars began to fall away\u003cbr\u003ebefore a tinge of milky line along the hills\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003euntil light grew from nearly nothing\u003cbr\u003eto an immensity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e?from ?Return to Serra Mattu\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arif Gamal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938073894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938073892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McSweeney's\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2014 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/16\/2014","brand":"Arif Gamal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48174849196287,"sku":"9781938073892","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df418f3e-3f6c-45df-89aa-949e31dbee13.jpg?v=1771330921","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/morning-in-serra-mattu-arif-gamal-9781938073892","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}