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In Deadly Embrace
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9595On the Crest of a Hill A description of a saker and geese: She saw them when we were on the crest of a hill and flapped her wings like the wrist flick of a spear. Through stringy dust clouds she flew at bolt. She mantled—gripped, pecked, sliced, scooped treasures from skulls.
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9595On the Crest of a Hill A description of a saker and geese: She saw them when we were on the crest of a hill and flapped her wings like the wrist flick of a spear. Through stringy dust clouds she flew at bolt. She mantled—gripped, pecked, sliced, scooped treasures from skulls.
© 2023 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Letter from the General Editor iii
  3. Table of Contents Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction xiv
  5. Map: Heartlands of the Abbasid Caliphate xxiii
  6. Map: Early Baghdad xxiv
  7. Note on the Text xxv
  8. Notes to the Introduction xxx
  9. In Deadly Embrace
  10. Like White Teeth on Red Lips 2
  11. What a Waste! 9
  12. Like a Slice of Air 11
  13. The Heavy Beat of Thunder 13
  14. Like a River in Spate 15
  15. In Youth’s Full Flush 17
  16. Like a Desert Snake 21
  17. She Rides the Wind 23
  18. The Veil of the Unseen 27
  19. God’s Scourge 31
  20. A Squint-Eyed Grimace 35
  21. A Gown of Jade and Gold 37
  22. Like a Patterned Snake 39
  23. A Glint of Sword 41
  24. Meteor-Bright 43
  25. A Babel of Language 45
  26. A Love of Death 49
  27. Hungry, Dawn to Dusk 51
  28. In Battle Gear 53
  29. To Seize the Souls 57
  30. A Death Knell 59
  31. Like a Bright Page 61
  32. Tongues Like Daggers 63
  33. In Rusty Hauberks 65
  34. A Watchful Demon 67
  35. Like an Arrow 69
  36. An Inflamed Eye 71
  37. Amorous Approaches 73
  38. Astride the Glove 75
  39. Scented with Ambergris 79
  40. My Hair a Blaze of White 85
  41. Black at Its Fringes 89
  42. On the Crest of a Hill 95
  43. Vainglorious 97
  44. Kennel-Bred 99
  45. Flash Floods 101
  46. Trained in the Arena 105
  47. In a Saffron Robe 109
  48. At Night’s End 111
  49. Impulsive on the Leash 113
  50. Brutal and Hard 115
  51. The Face of Fear 117
  52. Fine Rhetoric 121
  53. A Tender Lover 123
  54. The Wind’s Soft Hands 125
  55. In Night’s Tatters 129
  56. Fluent in Human Speech 133
  57. Doomed Fowl 135
  58. Deft Hunters 137
  59. A Puff of Wind 139
  60. Her Thirsty Beak 143
  61. Like Torrents 145
  62. Held Low in an Ambush 147
  63. Expert at Physiognomy 149
  64. Sharp Knives 153
  65. The Drowsy Pleiades Set 157
  66. Blood’s Taste 159
  67. Training or Instinct? 161
  68. His Pickax Beak 163
  69. Notes 167
  70. Glossary 168
  71. Bibliography 172
  72. Further Reading 173
  73. Index 175
  74. About the NYUAD Research Institute 185
  75. About the Typefaces 186
  76. Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature 187
  77. About the Editor–Translator 193
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Letter from the General Editor iii
  3. Table of Contents Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction xiv
  5. Map: Heartlands of the Abbasid Caliphate xxiii
  6. Map: Early Baghdad xxiv
  7. Note on the Text xxv
  8. Notes to the Introduction xxx
  9. In Deadly Embrace
  10. Like White Teeth on Red Lips 2
  11. What a Waste! 9
  12. Like a Slice of Air 11
  13. The Heavy Beat of Thunder 13
  14. Like a River in Spate 15
  15. In Youth’s Full Flush 17
  16. Like a Desert Snake 21
  17. She Rides the Wind 23
  18. The Veil of the Unseen 27
  19. God’s Scourge 31
  20. A Squint-Eyed Grimace 35
  21. A Gown of Jade and Gold 37
  22. Like a Patterned Snake 39
  23. A Glint of Sword 41
  24. Meteor-Bright 43
  25. A Babel of Language 45
  26. A Love of Death 49
  27. Hungry, Dawn to Dusk 51
  28. In Battle Gear 53
  29. To Seize the Souls 57
  30. A Death Knell 59
  31. Like a Bright Page 61
  32. Tongues Like Daggers 63
  33. In Rusty Hauberks 65
  34. A Watchful Demon 67
  35. Like an Arrow 69
  36. An Inflamed Eye 71
  37. Amorous Approaches 73
  38. Astride the Glove 75
  39. Scented with Ambergris 79
  40. My Hair a Blaze of White 85
  41. Black at Its Fringes 89
  42. On the Crest of a Hill 95
  43. Vainglorious 97
  44. Kennel-Bred 99
  45. Flash Floods 101
  46. Trained in the Arena 105
  47. In a Saffron Robe 109
  48. At Night’s End 111
  49. Impulsive on the Leash 113
  50. Brutal and Hard 115
  51. The Face of Fear 117
  52. Fine Rhetoric 121
  53. A Tender Lover 123
  54. The Wind’s Soft Hands 125
  55. In Night’s Tatters 129
  56. Fluent in Human Speech 133
  57. Doomed Fowl 135
  58. Deft Hunters 137
  59. A Puff of Wind 139
  60. Her Thirsty Beak 143
  61. Like Torrents 145
  62. Held Low in an Ambush 147
  63. Expert at Physiognomy 149
  64. Sharp Knives 153
  65. The Drowsy Pleiades Set 157
  66. Blood’s Taste 159
  67. Training or Instinct? 161
  68. His Pickax Beak 163
  69. Notes 167
  70. Glossary 168
  71. Bibliography 172
  72. Further Reading 173
  73. Index 175
  74. About the NYUAD Research Institute 185
  75. About the Typefaces 186
  76. Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature 187
  77. About the Editor–Translator 193
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