The time between places : stories that weave in and out of Egypt and America / Pauline Kaldas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaldas, Pauline, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Fiction.

Emigration and immigration.

Egyptians--United States--Fiction.

Egyptians.

Americans--Egypt--Fiction.

Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pauline Kaldas was born in Egypt and immigrated to the United States in 1992. She is an associate professor of English at Hollins University and the author of Letters from Cairo; a poetry collection, Egyptian Compass; and co-editor, with Khaled Mattawa, of Dinarzad's Children: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Fiction, now in its second edition, which won the 2005 Silver Award in ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year ""Anthology"" category. Stories from The Time between Places have appeared in a variety of journals and books, including Callaloo, Mizna, and Ripe Guava.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Dream; I. Chance Departures; Phone Call One; A Game of Chance; Cumin and Coriander; The Silver Platter; An Encounter; Backgammon; II. Early Arrival; Phone Call Two; The Top; The First Lesson; Playground; Lentils; Airport; III. Dreams Of Return; Phone Call Three; A Conversation; The Dancer; Aisle Three; Oregano; He Had Dreamed of Returning; IV. The Silence Of Memory; Phone Call Four; Sketches; Suitors; The Couple; Bluebird; Silences; Phone Call Five

Notes:

Not distributed; available at Arkansas State Library.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61075-419-0

OCLC:

769187857