"The Night Will Have Its Say": Book Discussion with Nancy Roberts and Emily Drumsta

In this month's virtual book discussion of "The Night Will Have Its Say", a novel by Ibrahim al-Koni, the International Booker Prize finalist and “one of the Arab world’s most innovative novelists” (Roger Allen), the book translator Nancy Roberts, freelance Arabic-to-English translator, was in conversation with Emily Drumsta, assistant professor of Middle Eastern Studies and French and Italian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. 'The Night Will Have Its Say' is a retelling of the Muslim wars of conquest in North Africa during the Middle Ages, narrated from the perspective of the conquered peoples. Written in Ibrahim al-Koni’s unique and enchanting voice, his lyrical and deeply poetic prose speaks to themes that are intensely timely. Through the wars and conflicts of this distant, turbulent era, he addresses the futility of war, the privilege of an elite few at the expense of the many, the destruction of natural habitats and indigenous cultures, and questions about literal and fundamentalist interpretations of religious texts. You can purchase copy of "The Night Will Have Its Say" from major bookstores and online book retailers worldwide: US: publisher.indiepubs.com/auc-press UK: bit.ly/3JD7OoW Egypt: aucbookstores.com