Moving the Palace

by Charif Majdalani (Author) and Edward Gauvin (Translator)

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A Lebanese adventurer explores the wilds of Africa, and enlists in the service of an eccentric English colonel in Sudan. In this lush chronicle of far-flung adventure, he meets a compatriot who has dismantled a sumptuous palace and is transporting it across the continent on camels. A captivating modern-day Odyssey in the tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Paul Theroux.

Fiction Literary Middle Eastern literature

Editorial reviews (1 review)

The New York Times : A Heart-of-Darkness Tale in the North African Desert, With Jokes (June 02, 2017)

It is ultimately about finding a home in a place tossed about by conflict, where the desert is ever-encroaching, where the past is as alive as the present, and jokes — thank goodness — help us to keep forging onward.