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Modern Arabic short stories /

Additional authors: Johnson-Davies, Denys, -- compiler.
Published by : Oxford University Press, (London :) Physical details: xi, 194 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s): Short stories, Arabic -- Translations into English. | Arab countries -- Social life and customs -- Fiction. | Manners and customs. | Short stories, Arabic. | Arab countries. | Arab countries -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | Short stories, Arabic -- Translations into English | Fiction. | Translations.
Year: 1967
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Farahat's republic / Yusuf Idris -- The dead afternoon / Walid Ikhlassi -- The dream / Abdel Salam al-Ujaili -- The death of bed number 12 / Ghassan Kanafani -- Sundown / Shukri Ayyad -- The dying lamp / Fouad Tekerli -- The man and the farm / Yusuf Sharouni -- The lost suitcase / Abdel-Moneim Selim -- The doum tree of Wad Hamid / Taieb Salih -- Mother of the destitute / Yahya Hakki -- The picture / Latifa el-Zayat -- Miracles for sale / Tewfik al-Hakim -- The south wind / Abdel Malik Nouri -- A space ship of tenderness to the moon / Laila Baalabaki -- Zaabalawi / Nagib Mahfouz -- The gramophone / Jabra Ibrahim Jabra -- A house for my children / Mahmoud Diab -- Summer journey / Mahmoud Teymour -- The election bus / Touma al-Khouri -- Summer / Zakaria Tamer.

Modern Arabic Short Stories, selected and translated by Denys Johnson-Davies, is a selection by contemporary authors from several Arab lands including Egypt, Lebanon. Syria, and Iraq. They represent an interesting phase in the overall continuing resurgence of Arabic literature and give some indication of the way Arab men and women view the modern world.

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