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050 00 $aPJ7862.U954$bD5913 2012
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100 1 $aSuwaydī, Thānī.
240 10 $aDizil.$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe Diesel /$cThani ʻAl-Suwaidi ; translated by William M. Hutchins.
260 $a[Austin, Tex.] :$bAntibookclub,$cc2012.
300 $a88 p. ;$c21 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $aNearly two decades before the rest of the world ever envisioned an Arab Spring, Emirati author Thani Al-Suwaidi saw a cultural shift on the horizon. Critically shunned when it was first published in 1994, his story is now a revelation for the modern world a stream-of-consciousness dissection of our orthodox past and the perilous future we can no longer prevent. The power of petroleum may be greater than any society could have ever imagined, especially in the Middle Eastern communities where it's actually produced.
651 0 $aMiddle East$vFiction.
651 0 $aArab countries$vFiction.
700 1 $aHutchins, William M.