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Arab women writers : an anthology of short stories / edited, translated, and with an introduction by Dalya Cohen-Mor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series, women writers in translation.
- SUNY series, women writers in translation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, Arabic--Translations into English.
- Short stories, Arabic.
- Arabic fiction--Women authors--Translations into English.
- Arabic fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A collection of sixty short stories by women writers from across the Arab world.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Arab Women Writers: An Anthology of Short Stories
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Arab Women Writers: A Brief Sketch
- Thematic Aspects
- Modes of Writing
- Arab Women: Old Images, New Pro.les
- Part I. Growing Up Female
- That Summer Holiday
- The Parting Gift
- Let's Play Doctor
- In the Moonlight
- At the Beach
- A Helping Hand
- In the Recesses of Memory
- Fragments from a Life
- The Slave
- Part II. Love and Sexuality
- The Picture
- The Smile
- My Mother's Friend
- A Worthless Woman
- Part III. Male-Female Relations
- Where To?
- The Cat
- The Woman of My Dreams
- Mozart's Fez
- A Virgin Continent
- An Old Couple
- Part IV. Marriage
- A Mistake in the Knitting
- My Wedding Night
- The Dummy
- The Cat, the Maid, and the Wife
- Sun, I Am the Moon
- The Dreadful Sea
- Woman with a Story
- The Persian Rug
- The Dream
- Pharaoh Is Drowning Again
- Part V. Childbearing
- The Spider's Web
- Man and Woman
- Half a Woman
- Heir Apparent
- The Newcomer
- Part VI. Self-Fulillment
- International Women's Day
- The Filly Became a Mouse
- Restoration
- Waiting for Hayla
- The Closely Guarded Secret
- I Will Never Forfeit My Right
- Homecoming
- Bittersweet Memories
- Part VII. Customs and Values
- Tears for Sale
- Misfortune in the Alley
- Questioning
- The Dinosaur
- Moonstruck
- A Moment of Truth
- The Future
- The Gallows
- Pat VIII. The Winds of Change
- The Breeze of Youth
- A Successful Woman
- In Need of Reassurance
- Short and Sassy
- The Collapse of Barriers
- The Beginning
- A Moment of Contemplation
- I Will Try Tomorrow
- Notes
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-295).
- ISBN:
- 9780791483466
- 0791483460
- 9781423744078
- 1423744071
- OCLC:
- 461441626
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