Under the naked sky
Subtitle: short stories from the Arab world
By: selected and translated by Denys Johnson-Davies.
Contributors: Johnson-Davies, Denys.
Edition: 1st paperback ed.
Series: Modern Arabic writing
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press; The American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cairo; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Short stories, Arabic -- Translations into English; Arabic fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English
Genres: Translations into English.
Table of contents: title: The pilot -- Mohamed Makhzangi; title: It's not fair -- Yusuf Idris; title: The ill-omened golden bird -- Ibrahim al-Koni; title: Traveler with hand luggage -- Naguib Mahfouz; title: Death of a dagger -- Zakaria Tamer; title: Have you seen Alexandria Station? -- Abdou Gubeir; title: Women in fear -- Inaam Kachachi; title: An invitation -- Gamal al-Ghitani; title: The dog -- Abd al-Aziz Mishri; title: A dash of light -- Ibrahim Aslan; title: The cloud -- Fuad al-Takarli; title: The clock -- Khairy Shalaby; title: Fear -- Ghalib Halasa; title: Out in the open -- Yusuf Abu Rayya; title: The sound of singing -- Salma Matar Seif; title: The charge -- Edwar al-Kharrat; title: The apples of paradise -- Brahim Dargouthi; title: Corncobs -- Salwa Bakr; title: Snake hunting -- Mohamed Zefzaf; title: The money order -- Mohamed El-Bisatie; title: To the night's shelter -- Mohamed Khudayir; title: The man shouldn't know of this -- Hanan al-Shaykh; title: The day grandpa came -- Mahmoud Al-Wardani; title: My fellow passenger -- Ibrahim Samouiel; title: The women's room -- Hana Atia; title: It happened secretly -- Amina Zaydan; title: Whiteness of silver -- Abdullah Bakhshaween; title: The return of the prisoner -- Buthayna al-Nasiri; title: A boat on the water -- Said al-Kafrawi; title: Presence of the absent man -- Alia Mamdouh.