The Dove's Necklace
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| Author | Raja'a Alem |
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| Language | Arabic |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Arab Cultural Center in Casablanca |
Publication date | 2010 |
The Dove's Necklace is a novel written by Saudi writer Raja'a Alem.[1] The novel was first released in 2010 by the Arab Cultural Center in Casablanca. She was jointly awarded the 2011 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.[2][3]
The novel
The Dove's Necklace is a Hejazi novel set in Mecca. The reality of this novel is an organic mix of history, current state, fiction or fantasy; the characters of the novel are a combination of people with flesh, blood and others are fictional; and the main narrator is neither the writer nor one of the human characters in her novel, but it is the street of "Abu-Russians" in "Old Mecca", where most of her characters reside.[4]
References
- ^ "Raja : Arabic Fiction". 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ "السنوات السابقة : Arabic Fiction". 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ أبوظبي, إيناس محيسن-. ""بوكر العرب" دورة المناصفة". www.emaratalyoum.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ "The Dove's Necklace". International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
External links
- The Dove's Necklace at the International Prize for Arabic Fiction website