02025cam a22003857i 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000180008802000150010602500240012103500240014503500210016903700530019004000460024304100130028904200210030204300120032305000400033508200210037510000200039624000330041624500800044926400390052930000230056833600210059133700250061233800230063750000360066050000570069652008140075365000310156765000410159817546945OSt20230905105357.0120823s2012    ii            000 1 eng d  a  2012339467  a9780143416333  a0143416332  aI-E-2012-339467; 25  a(OCoLC)ocn807987684  a(OCoLC)807987684  aLibrary of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office  aDGUcDGUdOCLCOdSINTUdDKAGEdYDXCPdDLC1 aenghmal  alccopycatalcode  aa-su---00aMLCS 2012/01554 (P)aPL4718.9.B348504a894.81263bBEN/G  aBenyamind1971-10aĀṭujīvitaṃ.lEnglish10aGoat days /cBenyamin ; translated from the Malayalam by Joseph Koyippally. 1aNew Delhi :bPenguin Books,c2012.  a255 pages ;c20 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aTranslation of: Aadu jeevitham.  aWinner of the Kerala Literary Academy Award in 2009.8 a"Najeeb's dearest wish is to work in the Gulf and earn enough money to send back home. He achieves his dream only to be propelled by a series of incidents, grim and absurd, into a slave-like existence herding goats in the middle of the Saudi desert. Memories of the lush, verdant landscape of his village and his loving family haunt Najeeb, whose only solace is the companionship of goats. In the end, the lonely young man contrives a hazardous scheme to escape his desert prison. 'Goat Days' was published to aclaim in Malayalam and became a bestseller. One of the brilliant new talents of Malayalam literature, Benyamin's wry and tender telling transforms this strange and bitter comedy of Najeeb's life in the desert into a universal tale of loneliness and alienation"--Publisher's description, back cover. 0aEnslaved personsvFiction. 0aHuman rightszSaudi ArabiavFiction.