TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson-Davies,Denys
TI  - Modern Arabic short stories
AV  - PJ7694.E8 J6
U1  - 892.7301 18
PY  - 1967///
CY  - London
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Short stories, Arabic
KW  - Translations into English
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - fast
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Translations
N1  - 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; Also issued online
N2  - 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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