Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree

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A Novel

Tariq Ali

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English

Miscellaneous
02 June 2026

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Historical fiction; Islam

Series: The Islam Quintet

Tariq Ali tells us the story of the aftermath of the fall of Granada by narrating a family sage of those who tried to survive after the collapse of their world. Ali is particularly deft at evoking what life must have been like for those doomed inhabitants, besieged on all sides by intolerant Christendom. ""This is a novel that have something to say, and says it well.

By: Tariq Ali
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 241g
ISBN: 9781836743712
ISBN 10: 1836743718
Series: The Islam Quintet
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 02 June 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics—including Pirates of the Caribbean, Bush in Babylon, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome—as well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the New Left Review and lives in London.

Reviews for Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree: A Novel

Tariq Ali captures the humanity and splendour of Muslim Spain ... an enthralling story, unravelled with thrift and verve. Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree is quizzical as well as honest, informative as well as enjoyable, real history as well as fiction ... a book to be relished and devoured * Independent *