Author: Jamal Mahjoub
Cites
- NULL (2)
- IN: The Burning Gates (2015) Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: The world grows dark,
The shadows have spread over it,
Now is the glimmer of the dusk.
FROM: The Epic of Gilgamesh, (-1800), Poem, Iraq/ Kuwait
- IN: City of Jackals (2016) Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: Anubi's heart is happy
over the work of his hands and the heart
of the Lord of the Divine Hall is thrilled
when he beholds this good god,
Master of those that have been and
Ruler over those that are to come.
FROM: Coffin Texts no. 197, (None), [NA], Egypt
- Lewis Carroll (1)
- IN: The Golden Scales (2012) Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale
How cheerfully he seems to grin
How neatly spreads his claws
And welcomes little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!
FROM: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, (1865), Novel, UK
- Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī (1)
- IN: The Golden Scales (2012) Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: Let the Caller and the called disppear;
Be lost in the call
FROM: NULL, (None), Poem, Turkey