Syracuse University Press Granada: A Novel

I loved the book! I read the original Arabic copy and cried w pain through the 502 pages . deserve 5 starsI bought the English copy to find out that they translated only one chapter of the Original book! So why is that ???the original chapters were (غرناطة, مريمة, الرحيل)while the English copy translated only (غرناطة)what about the other chapters? please advice!!!:( I'm disappointed

This is a beautiful story of a Muslim family in Spain after the Moors surrendered to the Catholic monarchs in 1492. The Jews were kicked out, had to convert or be killed in 1492. Muslims were allowed to stay. But shortly afterward the Catholic priests burned all the books written in Arabic, and by 1501 all Muslims had to convert. The Inquisition started torturing and killing converted Muslims and Jews alike (although the book only talks about the Muslims). But her writing is superb and she has created deep characters that run the gamut of possible responses to such a difficult situation. The author is a prize winning writer trained in the US.

Love the story but can’t seem to find the sequels in English translations.

ITS BEAUTIFUL ITS AMAZING YOU WILL LOVE IT

Unfortunately. It is a well written novel about how Muslims in Spain were impacted by the Spanish Inquisition. Unfortunately, it appears the sequels are not translated from Arabic. I understand the Arabic version has all 3 parts. It gives some insights into the Islam culture of the 1500s.