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Sour Grapes / Zakaria Tamer ; translated from the Arabic by Alessandro Columbu and Mireia Costa Capallera ; introduction by Nader K. Uthman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tāmir, Zakarīyā, author.
- Series:
- Middle East literature in translation.
- Middle East Literature in Translation Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tāmir, Zakarīyā--Translations into English.
- Tāmir, Zakarīyā.
- Arabic fiction--21st century.
- Arabic fiction.
- Syria--Fiction.
- Syria.
- Genre:
- short stories.
- Fiction.
- Translations.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (179 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Set in a fictitious Syrian neighbourhood called "al-Qaweyq," "Sour Grapes" is a compilation of 59 stand-alone short stories with underlying connections of theme, characters and perspective that knit the work together. Written in literary Arabic with sprinkles of Syrian colloquialisms, -all translated into English- the stories in this collection touch on themes as varied as gender inequality, incompetent governments and regimes, long-standing social customs, Western colonisation, abuse of authority and Syrian national identity"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Tamer lw
- Tamer Final.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8156-5584-3
- OCLC:
- 1395429347
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