{"product_id":"the-raven-of-ruwi-and-other-stories-from-oman-9780815612018","title":"The Raven of Ruwi and Other Stories from Oman","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this lyrical collection, author Hamoud Saud invites readers into the soul of Oman, a country famed for its long coastline, rugged mountains, and stark desert landscapes. This geography provides the backdrop for stories that reveal both the beauty and hardship of a country and people on the margins. Focused on the capital city, Saud's Muscat is not a postcard-perfect city but a living, breathing place of cement forests, forgotten roundabouts, and ravens perched on flagpoles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach story is fabulist in spirit but grounded in the textures of everyday life: the scent of karak tea, the chatter of schoolgirls, the heat rising from asphalt. In \"The Raven of Ruwi,\" a narrator wanders the city's commercial district where Indian music drifts from balconies and the streets are filled with weary bank workers. In \"The Sad Donkey of Muscat,\" a blind man recounts the city's history as told to him by a donkey. And in \"Post Office of the Dead,\" a forgotten postmaster receives letters from Dostoevsky and Kafka, triggering a surreal unraveling of time and self. At once intimate and expansive, \u003ci\u003eThe Raven of Ruwi and Other Stories from Oman\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful meditation on place, identity, and the stories that cities tell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815612018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.34w x 0.38d","brand":"Hamoud Saud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52259636707509,"sku":"9780815612018","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ef212bc0-a624-4aa7-97cc-c06a6aa45fec.jpg?v=1771342584","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-raven-of-ruwi-and-other-stories-from-oman-9780815612018","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}