Translating Libya: The Modern Libyan Short Story (Soas Middle East Issues Series) - Softcover

Chorin, Ethan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0863566472 ISBN 13: 9780863566479

Verlag: Saqi Books, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Part anthology and part travelogue, Translating Libya presents the country through the eyes of sixteen short story writers and one American diplomat. The stories trace the influence of the ancient Romans, the later Italian occupation and the current influx of foreign workers from Africa and further afield. The authors open a window on today's Libya - a rapidly urbanizing country with rich oil reserves, recently renewed diplomatic relations with the West and a nascent tourist industry based on its well-preserved ancient cities.
This is a unique introduction to a country that has for some time been 'off the beaten path'.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ethan Chorin served from 2004-6 as the first US Commercial/Economic Attaché stationed in Libya since 1980. From 1998-2000 Chorin lived in Aden, Yemen, where he studied port competition in the Red Sea on a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship. In addition to Arabic, he speaks French and Hebrew.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0863566472
• ISBN 13: 9780863566479
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 238
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