Yousef al-Mohaimeed was born in Riyadh in 1964. He has published several novels and short story collections, and has studied English and photography at Norwich University in the England. He is the author of Wolves of the Crescent Moon (AUC Press, 2007). Anthony Calderbank has translated several works of modern Arabic fiction, including Haggag Hassan Oddoul's Nights of Musk (AUC Press, 2005) and Yousef al-Mohaimeed's Wolves of the Crescent Moon (AUC Press, 2007). He lives and works in Saudi Arabia.
"Yousef al-Mohaimeed is a rising star in international literature.
Munira s Bottle is a rich and skillfully crafted story of a
dysfunctional Saudi Arabian family. One of its strengths lies in
its edgy characters: Munira, a sultry, self-centered, sexually
repressed woman; Ibn al-Dahhal, the bold imposter who deceives and
betrays her; and Muhammad, her perpetually angry and righteous
brother, a catalyst who forces the events. Western readers will
welcome it for its opening door into Arab lives and minds."--Annie
Proulx
"Mohaimeed writes in a lush style that evokes a writer he cites as
an influence, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He takes on some of the most
divisive subjects in the Arab world."--Washington Post
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