The untranslatable soul of the sahara
What is lost when a desert world is translated? In The Untranslatable Soul of the Sahara: Hermeneutic Loss in the World Literature of Ibrahim Al-Koni, Dr. Saleh Belgacem Belhassen examines how translation encounters the cultural and spiritual dimensions of al-Koni’s writing.
The study brings together close reading, translation criticism and an exploration of Tuareg oral traditions, myth, Sufi thought and desert ethics. It considers the desert as an active presence in the literary world, and asks how its symbols, rhythms and silences travel between languages. Written in English, this book addresses readers of Arabic literature, translation studies and world literature who want to look beyond the transfer of words to the interpretation of an entire cultural universe.
Book details
- Author: Saleh Belgacem Belhassen
- Genre: Literary criticism / translation studies
- Language: English
- Publisher: Aram Publishing & Translation
- Publication year: 2026
- Paperback ISBN-13: 9782487124189
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