| Description |
xiii, 173 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
The chair carrier / Yusuf Idris -- The gap in Kaltouma's fence / Ibrahim Ishaq Ibrahim -- My brother / Mohamed El-Bisatie -- At a woman's house / Mohammed Ahmed Abdul Wali -- Clocks like horses / Khudayyir -- Advice from a sensible young man / Bahaa Taher -- Glimpses from the life of Maugoud Abdul Maugoud and two postscripts / Yusuf Sharouni -- Another evening at the club / Alifa Rifaat -- The Cypriot man / Tayeb Salih -- The drumming sands / Ibrahim Al-Kouni -- Cairo is a small city / Nabil Gorgy -- The Persian carpet / hanan Shaykh -- Voices from near and far / Abdul Ilah Abdul Razzak -- Birds' footsteps in the sand / Edward El-Kharrat -- Life by instalments / Mohammed Barrada -- Dreams seen by a blind boy / Yusuf Abu Rayya -- The trial of the small black woman / Abdel-Hakim Kassem -- Flower crazy / Mohammed Chukri -- The old man / Gamil Atia Ibrahim -- Distant seas / Habib Selmi -- The little girl in green / Ibrahim Aslan -- Small sun / Zakaria Tamer -- The slave fort / Ghassan Kanafani -- The kerosene stove / Mahmoud Al-Wardani. |
| Subject |
Short stories, Arabic -- Translations into English.
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Arab countries -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Johnson-Davies, Denys.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Arabic short stories. London ; New York : Quartet Books, 1983 (OCoLC)645178154 |
| ISBN |
0704323672: $12.95 (U.S.) |
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9780704323674 |
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