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041 1 $aeng$hara
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPJ7814.L53$bF3813 2002
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100 1 $aʻĀlim, Rajāʼ.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr94035298
240 10 $aFāṭimah.$lEnglish$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002021452
245 10 $aFatma :$ba novel of Arabia /$cRaja Alem with Tom McDonough.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSyracuse :$bSyracuse University Press,$c2002.
300 $a164 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aMiddle East literature in translation
520 1 $a"Fatma, an Arabian peasant girl, unwittingly embarks upon a strange journey of transformation the day her father marries her off to a snake handler with a sideline in potions brewed from venom. When Fatma is bitten by one of the snakes, she is changed from an innocent girl into an overpoweringly sensuous woman with a mysterious talent for controlling her husband's snakes and an ability to travel with them into realms beyond ordinary human experience.".
520 8 $a"Journeying into the Netherworld with her snakes, Fatma meets Prince Taray, a melancholoy warrior-hero. She and Taray bewitch each other and struggle toward union in rapturous rituals during which, among other things, Fatma alternately bursts into flames and melts into golden liquid." "Resonating with ritual and mystery, Fatma is a tale of one woman's path to ecstasy - an enraptured vision of enchantment in this world and fulfillment in another."--BOOK JACKET.
700 1 $aMcDonough, Tom.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80166055
830 0 $aMiddle East literature in translation.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98046162
852 00 $bglx$hPJ7814.L53$iF3813 2002
852 00 $bbar$hPJ7814.L53$iF3813 2002