Taleb Alrefai
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Taleb Alrefai's novel "The Captain of the Pearl" is a fictional re-telling of the 1979 sinking of the dhow shipmaster Captain Al-Najdi. It explores the history of pearl fishing in Kuwait, the work of pearl divers, and the discovery of synthetic pearls and oil. The sea abandons the small fishing boat in revenge.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 27 April 2020
Publisher: Banipal Books
Taleb Alrefai turns a spotlight on Kuwait’s pearl-fishing history in this enthralling fictional re-telling of that fateful day, 19 February 1979, when the country’s famous dhow shipmaster Captain Al-Najdi is lost at sea in a treacherous storm. In between fishing for seabream with two friends, the retired mariner looks back on how the sea has been calling him since childhood, on the punishing work of pearl-divers, and how he became a captain at 14. As he recalls his voyages around the Arabian Peninsula, some with renowned Australian sailor Alan Villiers, he meditates on how the sea was abandoned when pearl-fishing ended with the discovery of synthetic pearls and oil. In a kind of revenge, howling winds and enormous black waves suddenly erupt and quickly engulf the small fishing boat.
Weight: 174g
Dimension: 361 x 125 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781913043087
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