They fell like stars from the sky : & other stories / Sheikha Helawy ; translated from the Arabic by Nancy Roberts ; illustrated by Anna Morrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ḥulaywī, Shaykhah, 1968- author.

Contributor:

Roberts, Nancy, translator.

Morrison, Anna, illustrator.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Palestine--Social conditions--Fiction.

Women.

Bedouins--Palestine--Social conditions--Fiction.

Bedouins.

Palestine--Social conditions--Fiction.

Palestine.

Genre:

Arabic fiction -- Translations into English.

short stories.

Short stories.

Social problem fiction.

Physical Description:

ix, 114 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : NEEM TREE PRESS, 2023.

London, United Kingdom : Neem Tree Press Limited, 2023.

Summary:

"They Fell Like Stars from the Sky and Other Stories is a collection of eighteen short stories celebrating the courage, resilience, tragedies and triumphs of Bedouin Palestinian women and girls. From a woman whose tattoo arouses the alarm of sexual taboos to the young girls whose curiosities of womanhood spark endearment, and from the tragic outcome of a husband consumed by jealousy of his wife's teenage love to the ecstatic love of an elderly woman for the game of football, these stories offer mesmerising portraits of life on the margins. Featuring beautiful illustrations throughout, They Fell Like Stars from the Sky and Other Stories is a powerful ode to the Bedouin women and girls of Palestine and their spirit for every form of freedom."--Provided by publisher.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781915584014

1915584019

OCLC:

1373336062

Publisher Number:

99995354335