The essential Yusuf Idris : masterpieces of the Egyptian short story / edited by Denys Johnson-Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Idrīs, Yūsuf.

Contributor:

Johnson-Davies, Denys.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. English. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Idrīs, Yūsuf--Translations into English.

Idrīs, Yūsuf.

Short stories, Arabic--Translations into English.

Short stories, Arabic.

Short stories, Egyptian--Translations into English.

Short stories, Egyptian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Masterpieces of the Egyptian short story

Place of Publication:

Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Yusuf Idris (1927-91), who belonged to the same generation of pioneering Egyptian writers as Naguib Mahfouz and Tawfiq al-Hakim, is widely celebrated as the father of the Arabic short story. He studied and practiced medicine, but his interests were in politics and the support of the nationalist struggle, and in writing-and his writing, whether in his regular newspaper columns or in his fiction, often reflected his political convictions. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature more than once, and when the prize went to Naguib Mahfouz in 1988, Idris felt that he had been passed over

Contents:

Cover; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Body

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781617971679

1617971677

9781936190355

1936190354

OCLC:

948378268