by Tariq Ali · Heyne Taschenbuch · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783453082311
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«Im Schatten des Granatapfelbaums» is the historical novel by Tariq Ali, published by Heyne Taschenbuch in paperback (285 pages, in German).
After the fall of Granada in 1492, a Muslim family tries to preserve its traditions while Christian Spain imposes forced baptisms and eradicates Andalusian culture. Through this family chronicle, Tariq Ali recreates the decline of Islam in the Iberian peninsula and the lives of those who suffered the collapse of their world.
First instalment of Tariq Ali's «Islam Quintet» series. Translated from the English by Margarete Längsfeld; original title: «Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree» (1992). San Clemente Prize 1995.
For readers of historical fiction interested in Andalusian Spain and the end of Muslim presence in the Iberian peninsula during the 15th century.
Tariq Ali is a Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, filmmaker, and public intellectual. He is a member of the editorial committee of the New Left Review and Sin Permiso, and contributes to The Guardian, CounterPunch, and the London Review of Books. He reads Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Exeter College, Oxford.
