The Monk of Mokha / El Monje de Moka

The author of The Circle returns with the incredible true story of Mokhtar Alkhanshali, a young Yemeni-American man who returned to his country to revive the ancestral coffee cultivation and found himself trapped in a civil war.

Mokhtar Alkhanshali, the son of Yemeni immigrants, grew up in the toughest neighborhood of San Francisco, and at twenty-four, he can't afford college. While working as a doorman in a luxury apartment building, he discovers that coffee, like himself, originated in Yemen. This revelation inspires him to investigate the history and production of this ancient beverage by traveling to his ancestors' country. In the most remote mountains of Yemen, this young American visits coffee growers and the few coffee plantations to find the best berries and export them to the United States. However, civil war breaks out, and the country's doors close, making his return an extremely risky adventure.

Dave Eggers pens this inspiring true story about a courageous entrepreneur who dreamed of resurrecting the ancient art of coffee in his homeland. Through exhaustive research, Eggers invites us to be aware of what it means to be Muslim in the West and champions the need to build bridges between cultures. The Monk of Mokha is a story of overcoming adversity, a war chronicle, but also a journey through the history and origin of this popular beverage, as well as the cultivation, harvesting, and processing of high-quality coffee.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The Monk of Mokha is the exhilarating true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war.

Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he discovers the astonishing history of coffee and Yemen's central place in it. He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral homeland to tour terraced farms high in the country's rugged mountains and meet beleagured but determined farmers. But when war engulfs the country and Saudi bombs rain down, Mokhtar has to find a way out of Yemen without sacrificing his dreams or abandoning his people.

Author: Dave Eggers
Publisher: Literatura Random House
Published: 07/23/2019
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.30w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9788439735410
ISBN10: 8439735413
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Middle East | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- History | Middle East | Arabian Peninsula

About the Author
Dave Eggers, Además de ser uno de los autores más destacados de la reciente literatura norteamericana, Dave Eggers (Boston, 1970) ha lanzado su propio sello editorial y es fundador y editor de las revistas McSweeney's y The Believer, que en poco tiempo se han convertido en objetos de culto literario. Asimismo, es cofundador de 826 Valencia, un centro de voluntariado que ayuda a niños y adolescentes con programas extraescolares y clases de escritura. Todo esto hizo que en 2005 la revista Time lo incluyera en su lista de las cien personas más influyentes de Estados Unidos. En 2007 fue galardonado con el premio Heinz, en reconocimiento tanto a sus logros literarios como a su labor humanitaria.

En Literatura Random House hemos publicado Ahora sabréis lo que es correr (2004), Guardianes de la intimidad (2005), Qué es el qué (2008, finalista del premio del National Book Critics Circle), Los monstruos (2009), sus memorias Una historia conmovedora, asombrosa y genial (2010), Zeitoun (2010), Un holograma para el rey (2013) y El Círculo (2014), las dos últimas adaptadas a la gran pantalla.