Zayd Muṭīʿ Dammāǧ (1943–2000)
Autore di The Hostage
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: The Dammaj family
Opere di Zayd Muṭīʿ Dammāǧ
Opere correlate
Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East (Words Without Borders) (2010) — Collaboratore — 197 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Dammāǧ, Zayd Muṭīʿ
- Nome legale
- زيد مطيع دماج
- Data di nascita
- 1943
- Data di morte
- 2000-03-20
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Yemen
- Luogo di nascita
- As Sayyani District, Ibb Governorate, Yemen
- Luogo di morte
- London, England, UK
- Istruzione
- University of Cairo
- Attività lavorative
- writer
politician
Minister Plenipotentiary and Chargé d'affaires in Kuwait (1980-1982)
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- Opere
- 1
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 33
- Popolarità
- #421,955
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 3
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 1
A simply told but eloquent coming of age story of a boy kept as a hostage in order to ensure his family's political cooperation. The strategy of imprisoning, forcibly employing, or marrying the adversary's children is reasonably common in the world. Often told from the perspective of the hostage, this genre usually include a critique of the captors' corruption, and Dammaj's account, with its pious boy narrator and decadent ruling class, is no exception. The tale takes place not from the beginning of his captivity, but from his entry into servitude in the governor's palace to his escape. It is framed by his friendship with a helpful and sophisticated duwaydar (boy-servant) who, perhaps as symbolic punishment for his participation in the immorality of the household, dies of tuberculosis.
I appreciated Dammaj's use of language, which is a testament to the skill of the translators, and the glimpse of both the political machinations of a now-defunct culture and of the details of daily life in the Yemen of that era.… (altro)