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The University of Texas Center for Middle Eastern <strong>St</strong>udies<br />
middle easTern sTudies | ficTion<br />
Cover design for Arabic literature in translation<br />
The Puppet, a mythic tale of greed and political corruption, traces the<br />
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rise, flourishing, and demise of a Saharan oasis community. aghulli,<br />
middle easTern sTudies | ficTion<br />
a noble if obtuse man who has been chosen leader of the oasis,<br />
hankers after the traditional nomadic pastoralist life of the Tuareg.<br />
he sees commerce (understood as including trade in gold, marriage,<br />
agriculture, and even recreation) as the prime culprit in the loss of<br />
the nomadic ethos. Thus he is devastated to learn that his supporters<br />
are hording gold.<br />
The novel’s title notwithstanding, the author has stressed repeatedly<br />
that he is not a political author. he says that The Puppet portrays a good<br />
man who has been asked to lead a corrupt society. The subplot about<br />
star-crossed young lovers introduces a Sufi theme of the possibility<br />
of transforming carnal into mystical love. The Puppet, though, is first<br />
and foremost a gripping, expertly crafted tale of bloody betrayal and<br />
revenge inspired by gold lust and an ancient love affair.<br />
The Puppet, a mythic tale of greed and political corruption, traces the<br />
rise, flourishing, and demise of a Saharan oasis community. aghulli,<br />
a noble if obtuse man who has been chosen leader of the oasis,<br />
hankers after the traditional nomadic pastoralist life of the Tuareg.<br />
he sees commerce (understood as including trade in gold, marriage,<br />
agriculture, and even recreation) as the prime culprit in the loss of<br />
the nomadic ethos. Thus he is devastated to learn that his supporters<br />
are hording gold.<br />
The novel’s title notwithstanding, the author has stressed repeatedly<br />
that he is not a political author. he says that The Puppet portrays a good<br />
man who has been asked to lead a corrupt society. The subplot about<br />
star-crossed young lovers introduces a Sufi theme of the possibility<br />
of transforming carnal into mystical love. The Puppet, though, is first<br />
and foremost a gripping, expertly crafted tale of bloody betrayal and<br />
revenge inspired by gold lust and an ancient love affair.<br />
IbrahIm al-KonI, who was born in 1948, is an award-winning arabic-<br />
language novelist, who has already published more than sixty volumes, and<br />
a russian-educated visionary who sees an inevitable interface between<br />
myth and contemporary life. a Tuareg, whose mother tongue is Tamasheq,<br />
he has been a resident of Switzerland since 1993.<br />
WIllIam m. huTchInS, Professor in the Philosophy and religion<br />
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Department at appalachian <strong>St</strong>ate university, has translated numerous<br />
works of arabic literature into English, including those by the nobel Prize<br />
first<br />
laureate naguib mahfouz.<br />
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IbrahIm al-KonI, who was born in 1948, is an award-winning arabic-<br />
language novelist, who has already published more than sixty volumes, and<br />
a russian-educated visionary who sees an inevitable interface between<br />
myth and contemporary life. a Tuareg, whose mother tongue is Tamasheq,<br />
he has been a resident of Switzerland since 1993.<br />
WIllIam m. huTchInS, Professor in the Philosophy and religion<br />
Department at appalachian <strong>St</strong>ate university, has translated numerous<br />
works of arabic literature into English, including those by the nobel Prize<br />
laureate naguib mahfouz.<br />
cEnTEr for mIDDlE EaSTErn STuDIES<br />
unIvErSITy of TExaS aT auSTIn<br />
THe PuPPeT ibraHim al-koni<br />
THe PuPPeT<br />
ibraHim<br />
al-koni<br />
See other publications in the series at:<br />
TranslaTed by William m. HuTcHins<br />
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/center/publications/<br />
or http://www.utexaspress.com<br />
cEnTEr for mIDDlE EaSTErn STuDIES<br />
unIvErSITy of TExaS aT auSTIn<br />
THe PuPPeT ibraHim al-koni<br />
THe PuPPeT<br />
ibraHim<br />
al-koni<br />
TranslaTed by William m. HuTcHins
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