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The Astrolabe of the Sea by C. Dickson, Chams Nadir, Shams Nadir (1996, Paperback) 
The Astrolabe of the Sea by C. Dickson, Chams Nadir, Shams Nadir (1996, Paperback)

 
The Astrolabe of the Sea by C. Dickson, Chams Nadir, Shams Nadir (1996, Paperback)

Publisher: City Lights Books
Publication Date: 1996-09-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 087286314X
ISBN-13: 9780872863149
Product ID: EPID378221
Description: An astrolabe in Persia that unfolds the "fabric of dreams" was thrown into the sea. Centuries later it is found by a Navigator, who is enthralled by its stories that blend myth and dream. The tales are also allegories for present-day Ara...
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Synopsis
An astrolabe in Persia that unfolds the "fabric of dreams" was thrown into the sea. Centuries later it is found by a Navigator, who is enthralled by its stories that blend myth and dream. The tales are also allegories for present-day Arab life, caught between deep tradition and contemporary customs.

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Publication Date:1996-09-01

Size
Length:115 pages
Height:8.3 in
Width:5.0 in
Thickness:0.5 in
Weight:5.6 oz

Publisher's Note
The Astrolabe of the Sea - a work of lyric beauty, originality, and universal outlook - is part ancient fable, part contemporary ironic narrative. A mysterious astrolabe that unfolds" the fabric of dreams" to all who gaze upon it was once consigned to the depths of the sea by a Persian king who did not want men "to forget the weight of the concrete and the empire of the real". Centuries later, it is found by a castaway Navigator, who is captivated by its stories that combine elements from the realm of myth and dreams, conjuring up a world where the imagination holds sway. Yet also unfolded from the fabric of these revisited ancient tales is a procession of allegories reflecting the present stresses of an Arab world torn between an impossible fidelity to the past and its difficult position on the cutting edge of the most vital debates of the day.

Industry Reviews
"The work of Shams Nadir will be given a warm welcome by all those who have not given up on the vitality of the imagination."
Publisher's Catalog - Julio Cortazar

"Today Shams Nadir is one of the Arab world's best writers. He is preparing and heralding the Arab humanism of the twenty-first century."
Publisher's Catalog - Leopold S. Senghor

"[A] series of Oriental-flavored tales that mingle allegorical moralizing...with racy, florid anecdotes....[A] surpassingly strange work whose intentions we may hope will be clarified when [the] trilogy is completed."
Kirkus Reviews - Bruce Allen (08/01/1996)

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