ISBN10: 0957123507, ISBN13: 9780957123502, [publisher: Fabulist Books] Hardcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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ISBN10: 0957123507, ISBN13: 9780957123502, [publisher: Fabulist Books] Hardcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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ISBN10: 0957123507, ISBN13: 9780957123502, [publisher: Fabulist Limited, London] Hardcover Hardcover. In the beginning of the twentieth century, an ancient island on the western seaboard of the Arabian Gulf became very prosperous because of its mineral resources. As it witnessed a vast development it was invaded by an army of architects from all over the world who brought with them many architectural styles. The land though was not a barren desert as far as architecture was concerned. A group of local graduates thought that metaphoric architecture had started there centuries earlier by the great Badia al Zaman after whom the island was named. On the arrival of his son Saad, now in his old age, to his birthplace, Jazeerat al Zaman, after his many travels in Africa, India and China, experiencing many adventures on land, under water and on the air, and with three marriages behind him, one from the nation of earth, the other from the nation of water and the last one from the nation air, he was met by Shiymaa, a young female architect who was also a TV presenter. Together with his grandson Saim, also an architect, they listened to and recorded the old mans stories. These, whether they were real or at times exaggerated, will make the reader meet, under the water, with cities, monsters, and houries; on land, with kings and queens, bandits, underground castles and the world of the enchantress; and in the air the reader will live in the world of jinn and flying damsels, and wi ...
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ISBN10: 0957123507, ISBN13: 9780957123502, [publisher: Fabulist Limited, London] Hardcover Hardcover. In the beginning of the twentieth century, an ancient island on the western seaboard of the Arabian Gulf became very prosperous because of its mineral resources. As it witnessed a vast development it was invaded by an army of architects from all over the world who brought with them many architectural styles. The land though was not a barren desert as far as architecture was concerned. A group of local graduates thought that metaphoric architecture had started there centuries earlier by the great Badia al Zaman after whom the island was named. On the arrival of his son Saad, now in his old age, to his birthplace, Jazeerat al Zaman, after his many travels in Africa, India and China, experiencing many adventures on land, under water and on the air, and with three marriages behind him, one from the nation of earth, the other from the nation of water and the last one from the nation air, he was met by Shiymaa, a young female architect who was also a TV presenter. Together with his grandson Saim, also an architect, they listened to and recorded the old mans stories. These, whether they were real or at times exaggerated, will make the reader meet, under the water, with cities, monsters, and houries; on land, with kings and queens, bandits, underground castles and the world of the enchantress; and in the air the reader will live in the world of jinn and flying damsels, and wi ...