The Protocols of the Elders of Sodom: And Other Essays

Training a critical, imaginative and occasionally satirical eye on the works of varied writers -including Cervantes, Tolstoy, Proust, Powell, Platonov, Solzhenitsin, Grossman, Munif, Goytisolo and Rushdie- Ali discusses common themes as well as polarities, first impressions and re-readings, always seeking to situate the text in the political and historical milieu of its creation