al-Sayf wa-burj al-ʻadhrāʾ
By: ʻIṣām Maḥfūẓ
Edition: al-Ṭabʻah 1.
Publisher: Dār Majallat Shiʻr
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Bayrūt
Language: ara
Number of pages: 85
Subjects: Dating (Social customs); Fiction; Man-woman relationships
Description: Fed up by a seemingly endless line of lousy dates with uncouth, mannerless boors, Adele Harris heads back to her hometown to help her "perfect" sister cope with the breakup of her marriage, only to run into Zach Zamaitis, a former professional football star and the one man who got away.
Notes: Poems.