description: The moufflon, a wild sheep prized for its meat, continues to survive in the remote mountain desert of southern Libya. Only Asouf, a lone bedouin who cherishes the desert and identifies with its creatures, knows exactly where it is to be found. Now he and the moufflon together come under threat from hunters who have already slaughtered the once numerous desert gazelles. The novel combines pertinent ecological issues with a moving portrayal of traditional desert life and of the power of the human spirit to resist. 
language: Arabic
title: The Bleeding of the Stone
titlecomplete: The Bleeding of the Stone
genres: Magical Realism, African Literature, Novels, Africa, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Northern Africa, Libya
ratings_count: 1390
places: Libya
publisher: Arris Books