The Libyan Novel: Humans, Animals and the Poetics of Vulnerability

Charis Olszok

Analysing prominent novelists such as Ibrahim al-Kuni and Hisham Matar, alongside lesser-known and emerging voices, this book introduces the themes and genres of the Libyan novel during the al-Qadhafi era, focusing on encounters between humans, animals and the land.

- Aa Reduce text
- Aa Enlarge text

View selected items
Save to my bookmarks
Export citations
Download PDF (zip)
Save to Kindle
Save to Dropbox
Save to Google Drive
Save content to
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to .

To save content items to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Please be advised that item(s) you selected are not available.
You are about to save
Your Kindle email address

Please provide your Kindle email.

@free.kindle.com @kindle.com (service fees apply)

By using this service, you agree that you will only keep content for personal use, and will not openly distribute them via Dropbox, Google Drive or other file sharing services

Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Contents
pp v-vi
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Series Editor’s Foreword
pp vii-viii
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Acknowledgements
pp ix-x
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Note on Translation and Transliteration
pp xi-xii
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Introduction: A Nation of Others
pp 1-32
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Part I - Survival
pp 33-34
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

1 - Animal Fable in Novels of Survival
pp 35-63
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

2 - The Primordial Turn
pp 64-92
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Part II - Signs and Cityscapes
pp 93-94
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

3 - God’s Wide Land: War, Melancholy and the Camel
pp 95-125
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

4 - Absent Stories in the Urban Novel
pp 126-168
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Part III - Children of the Land
pp 169-170
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

5 - Too-Long-a-Tale
pp 171-197
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

6 - ‘Une histoire de mouche’: The Libyan Novel in Other Voices
pp 198-225
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Afterword: Breaking Fevers and Strange Metamorphoses
pp 226-236
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Notes
pp 237-276
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Bibliography
pp 277-299
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Index
pp 300-308
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Metrics

Total number of HTML views: 0

Total number of PDF views: 0 *

Loading metrics...

Total views: 0 *

Loading metrics...

* Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.

Usage data cannot currently be displayed.

Why this information is here

This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.

Accessibility Information

Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.

The Libyan Novel

Humans, Animals and the Poetics of Vulnerability

Book description

Refine List

Actions for selected content:

Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Series Editor’s Foreword
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-x

Note on Translation and Transliteration
pp xi-xii

Introduction: A Nation of Others
pp 1-32

Part I - Survival
pp 33-34

1 - Animal Fable in Novels of Survival
pp 35-63

2 - The Primordial Turn
pp 64-92

Part II - Signs and Cityscapes
pp 93-94

3 - God’s Wide Land: War, Melancholy and the Camel
pp 95-125

4 - Absent Stories in the Urban Novel
pp 126-168

Part III - Children of the Land
pp 169-170

5 - Too-Long-a-Tale
pp 171-197

6 - ‘Une histoire de mouche’: The Libyan Novel in Other Voices
pp 198-225

Afterword: Breaking Fevers and Strange Metamorphoses
pp 226-236

Notes
pp 237-276

Bibliography
pp 277-299

Index
pp 300-308

Metrics

Full text views

Book summary page views

Accessibility standard: Unknown

Why this information is here

Accessibility Information

The Libyan Novel

Humans, Animals and the Poetics of Vulnerability

Book description

Refine List

Actions for selected content:

Save Search

Contents

Metrics

Full text views

Book summary page views

Accessibility standard: Unknown

Why this information is here

Accessibility Information