Zainab / by Mohammed Hussein Haikal ; translated by John Mohammed Grinsted.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haykal, Muḥammad Ḥusayn, 1888-1956, author.

Contributor:

Grinsted, John Mohammed, translator.

Standardized Title:

Zaynab. English

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Rural women--Egypt--Fiction.

Rural women.

Country life.

History.

Social conditions.

Egypt--Social conditions--20th century--Fiction.

Egypt.

Egypt--History--20th century--Fiction.

Country life--Egypt--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

History.

Physical Description:

218 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Darf Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

Classic fiction (pre c 1945). The story of an Egyptian farm worker as she tries to come to terms with the difficult circumstances of an arranged marriage which she does not want. The first authentic Arabic novel portrays and explores the customs and traditions of rural Egyptian society with sympathy, insight and understanding. The translation is crisp and clear, presenting for the appraisal of the English reading audience a pioneering work of modern Arabic literature. A must for anyone with an interest in Egyptian culture, and translated fiction.

Notes:

Translated from the Arabic.

First published in 1989.

ISBN:

9781850772903

1850772908

OCLC:

982214348

Publisher Number:

99972598101