Shahrazad's gift / Gretchen McCullough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCullough, Gretchen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cairo (Egypt)--Fiction.

Cairo (Egypt).

Genre:

short stories.

Short stories.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

181 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Seattle : Cune Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Shahrazad's Gift is a collection of linked short stories set in contemporary Cairo--magical, absurd and humorous. The author focuses on the off-beat, little-known stories, far from CNN news: a Swedish belly dancer who taps into the Oriental fantasies of her clientele; a Japanese woman studying Arabic, driven mad by the noise and chaos of the city; a frustrated Egyptian housewife who becomes obsessed by the activities of her Western gay neighbor; an American journalist who covered the civil war in Beirut who finds friendship with her Egyptian dentist. These stories are told in the tradition of A Thousand and One Nights"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Wedding Guest

The Empty Flat Upstairs

A Little Honey and a Little Sunlight

Taken Hostage by the Ugly Duck

Fatma's New Teeth

The Charm

Ice

Shahrazad's Gift

Tiger

Pure Water Part I

Pure Water Part II

"On The Run."

Other Format:

Online version: McCullough, Gretchen. Shahrazad's gift

ISBN:

9781951082437

1951082435

OCLC:

1389485785