Azazeel / Youssef Ziedan ; translated into English by Jonathan Wright.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Publisher: London : Atlantic Books, 2013Edition: Paperback edDescription: 312 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781848874299; 1848874294Subject(s): Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Fiction | Arabic fiction -- 21st century -- Translations into English | Coptic monasticism and religious orders -- Egypt -- 5th century -- Fiction | Copts -- Syria -- 5th century -- Fiction | Spiritual life -- Fiction | Good and evil -- Fiction | Voyages and travels -- Fiction | Church history | Arabic fiction | Church history -- Primitive and early church | Coptic monasticism and religious orders | Copts | Good and evil | Spiritual life | Voyages and travels | Egypt | Syria | 30 - 2099Genre/Form: Historical fiction. | Fiction. | Historical fiction. | Translations. | Historical fiction.DDC classification: 892.737 LOC classification: PJ7876.A9155 | A9313 2012Awards: International Prize for Arabic Fiction, 2009Summary: In the 5th century AD, the Coptic monk, Hypa, embarks on a journey both physical and spiritual, from Upper Egypt to Alexandria and then Syria, during a time of massive upheaval in the early Church. On the way he encounters the devil, Azazeel, and the hardship of severe temptation. At times able to resist, while at others bending to the strengths of his desire, Hypa learns that physical pleasure and spiritual enlightenment can be two sides of the same coin.
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Originally published: 2009.
In the 5th century AD, the Coptic monk, Hypa, embarks on a journey both physical and spiritual, from Upper Egypt to Alexandria and then Syria, during a time of massive upheaval in the early Church. On the way he encounters the devil, Azazeel, and the hardship of severe temptation. At times able to resist, while at others bending to the strengths of his desire, Hypa learns that physical pleasure and spiritual enlightenment can be two sides of the same coin.
Translated from the Arabic.
International Prize for Arabic Fiction, 2009
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