Rama and the Dragon
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| Author | Edwar Al-Kharrat |
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| Language | Arabic |
| Publisher | Arab Institute for Research & Publishing |
Publication date | 1980 |
| Publication place | Lebanon |
| Media type | Novel |
| Pages | 329 |
Rama and the dragon[1] is a 1980 novel by Egyptian writer Edwar al-Kharrat. 16 years after its initial publication, the novel was followed by two sequels, The Other Time and The Certainty of Thirst which formed a trilogy. It was voted one of the best 100 Arabic novels by the Arab Writers Union.[2] The novel was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.[3]
The novel is told as a dialogue between Mikhail, who is Coptic, and Rama, who is Muslim. The majority of novel is set in Egypt during the 1960s and 1970s, and includes flashbacks to the 1940s.[3]
Rama and the Dragon incorporates mythological, Pharaonic, Greek and Islamic elements. The novel is a great example of Edwar al-Kharrat's literature in talking about the experimental novel with its own investigations and in-depth research into the aesthetics of the languages,[4] in addition to the writer's reliance on the torrent of awareness technique that permeates the text's fabric through the character of "Rama", which in turn is also deeply rooted with the stream of conciseness technique "Mikhail" and his own thoughts and inner monologues that uncovers many memories.[5][6]
