In a Fertile Desert: Modern Writing from the United Arab Emirates - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 9774162188 ISBN 13: 9789774162183

Verlag: The American University in Cairo Press, 2009

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Reseña del editor:

This is a new collection of short fiction from the Arabian Gulf. Here, for the first time, is a volume of short stories from this commercially and culturally vital and vibrant center of the Arab world. Life before oil in this region was harsh, and many of the stories in this collection - by both men and women from all corners of the country - tell of those times and the almost unbelievable changes that have come about in the space of two generations. Some tell of the struggles faced in the early days, while others bring the immediate past and the present together, revealing that the past, with all its difficulties and dangers, nonetheless possesses a certain nostalgia.

Biografía del autor:

Denys Johnson-Davies, described by Edward Said as "the leading Arabic - English translator of our time," has produced more than thirty volumes of translation of modern Arabic literature. He is the editor of The Essential Tawfiq al-Hakim (AUC Press, 2008). He received the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in 2007 for Personality of the Year in the Field of Culture.

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• Verlag: The American University in Cairo Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 9774162188
• ISBN 13: 9789774162183
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128