The other Middle East : an anthology of modern Levantine literature / Franck Salameh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salameh, Franck, 1962- author, compiler, translator.

Language:

English

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Middle Eastern literature--Translations into English.

Middle Eastern literature.

Middle East--Literary collections.

Middle East.

Middle East Region.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Literature.

Physical Description:

xv, 386 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

Translations from Arabic, Aramaic, Egyptian, French, Hebrew and Lebanese.

Contents:

Syria 71

Nizar Qabbani (1923-98) 76

Bread, Hashish, and Moonhght 78

Marginalia on the Notebook of Defeat 81

When Will Someone Finally Announce the Death of the Arabs? 86

I Reject You, All of You! 93

Adonis (b. 1930) 94

Elegy for the Time at Hand 112

A Lull between Ashes and Roses 123

Unfinished Identity 125

Sewing Their Lips Shut in Threads Spun in Their Own Hands' Weaving 140

Lebanon 144

Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) 148

The Future of the Arabic Language 152

Nadia Tuéni (1935-83) 162

Blonde Stanzas 164

Promenade 165

Beirut 165

Charles Corm (1894-1963) 166

The Hallowed Mountain 173

Miracles of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows 185

Erotic Stories 199

Anis Elias Freyha (1903-93) 203

Dinner on the Roof-Deck 204

Israel and Palestine 210

Jacqueline Kahanoff (1917-79) 213

Childhood in Egypt 215

To Live and Die a Copt 227

Samir el-Youssef (b. 1965) 234

The Levant: Zone of Culture or Conflict? 235

Rashed's Decision 240

Fawaz Turki (b. 1940) 245

Exile's Return: The Making of a Palestinian-American 249

Egypt 274

Ali Salem (1936-2015) 277

The Odd Man and the Sea: An Egyptian Satire 279

Taha Husayn (1889-1973) 286

The Future of Culture in Egypt 287

Conclusion: From War to Hope 317.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0300204442

9780300204445

OCLC:

982601240