Short Stories from Oman

This collection comes from a leading archaeological scholar and teacher who is passionately concerned about Oman’s environment, ancient history, and rapidly changing present. It would be hard to name another text in English which combines such important topics so skillfully The narratives vividly depict the Omani experience of overcoming problems of climate and landscape and suggest how this struggle has forged values that have given the nation unity and resilience Human action here is invariably seen engaging with the external scene – with the mountains, deserts, seacoasts, oases, flora and fauna. Undoubtedly the effect of such a book on contemporary readers will be to urge them to cherish and preserve all that is best in the nation’s culture and traditions whether this means protecting a richly diverse environment celebrating national history or lauding sheer human heroism.

Adrian Roscoe

Professor of English Sultan Qaboos University