Wow! eBook
A Reader of Modern Arabic Short Stories
Author(s): Sabry Hafez (Author, Editor), Catherine Cobham
- Publisher: Saqi Books
- Publication Date: 1 Feb. 2001
- Language: English
- Print length: 222 pages
- ISBN-10: 0863560873
- ISBN-13: 9780863560873
Book Description
Each story is supplemented by an introduction, with biographical information about the author, placing him in his literary context; a description of the contents; and a brief analysis of the story itself, in English.
Ideal for students of Arabic language and literature, the aim of this collection is to encourage a literary appreciation of modern Arabic texts and an understanding of some of the cultural conflicts reflected in the writings.
Writers included are Ghalib Halasa, Yahya Haqqi, Yusuf Idris, Idwar El Kharrat and Zakariyya Tamir.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘The editors have succeeded in assembling a varied selection of stories set in widely differing milieux and treating a considerable number of themes – [this volume] will no doubt prove a stimulus to further serious literary study in modern Arabic.’ —
Die Welt Des Islams (The World of Islam)
