The Arab's Ox — Tony Ardizzone

Fiction. An emotionally captivating and masterfully linked story collection set in Morocco's gleaming imperial cities, twisting medinas, and remote Saharan outposts, THE ARAB'S OX was awarded the Chicago Foundation for Literature Award for Fiction, a Pushcart Prize, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Milkweed Editions National Fiction Prize, selected by Gloria Naylor. This edition marks the 25th anniversary of the book's publication.