Modern Arabic fiction
Subtitle: an anthology
By: edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi.
Contributors: Jayyusi, Salma Khadra.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1056
Subjects: Arabic fiction -- 20th century
Description: "This anthology offers a rich and diverse selection of works from more than one hundred and forty prominent Arab writers of fiction. The collection reflects Arab writers' formal inventiveness as well as their intense exploration of various dimensions of modern Arab life, including the impact of modernity, the rise of the oil economy, political authoritarianism, corruption, religion, poverty, and the Palestinian diaspora." "Salma Khadra Jayyusi, a renowned scholar of Arabic literature, has included short stories and excerpts from novels from authors in every Arab country. Modern Arabic Fiction contains writings stretching from the pioneering work of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century authors to the novels of Naguib Mahfouz and the stories of contemporary Arab writers. In addition to familiar names such as Mahfouz, the anthology presents excerpts from writers well known in the Arab world but just beginning to find an audience in the West, including early-twentieth-century writer Jurji Zaydan, whose historical epics influenced the moral attitudes of several generations of Arab readers; Yusuf Idris's complex and brilliant portraits of Egypt's poor; 'Abd al-Rahman Munif's searing exploration of the ecological and social impact of oil production; and Palestinian writer Ibrahim Nasrallah's bold postmodern examination of alienation in contemporary Arab life." "Jayyusi provides biographical information on the writers as well as a substantial introduction to the development of modern Arabic fictional genres that considers the central thematic and aesthetic concerns of Arab short story writers and novelists."--BOOK JACKET
Table of contents: title: PT. 1. THE PIONEERS. The; title: highway robber -- / Marun ʻAbboud  -- The; title: little gods -- / Dhannoun Ayyoub -- The; title: snake -- / Mahmoud Badawi; title: My sleepless nights -- / ʻAli al-Duʻaji -- The; title: mailman -- / Tawfiq al-Hakim -- The; title: divining stones -- / Yahya Haqqi; title: Grace -- / Jaʻfar al-Khalili; title: "Hello" -- / Mahmoud Taher Lashin; title: How I became a demon of the Jinn -- / Ibrahim ʻAbd al-Qadir al-Mazini -- The; title: ʻUmda in the tavern -- / Muhammad al-Muwailihi; title: Um Yaʻqub's chickens -- / Mikhaʾil Nuʻaima; title: False teeth -- / Jamal Sleem Nuweihed; title: How misery was born -- / Fuʾad al-Shayib -- The; title: elements of the ablution -- / Mahmoud Taymour -- PT. 2. SHORT STORIES.; title: Fury -- / Amina ʻAbdallah; title: Who'll hang the bell? -- / Yahya Taher ʻAbdallah -- The; title: tree and the birds -- / Ibrahim ʻAbd al-Majeed -- The; title: illusion -- / Muhammad ʻAbd al-Malik -- The; title: birthday party -- / ʻAbd al-llah ʻAbd al-Qadir; title: Al-Sayyid Majid -- / Muhammad ʻAbd al-Wali -- The; title: Cloud ;; title: Qais's road begins here -- / Jamal Abu Hamdan; title: People and love -- / Abu al-Maʻati Abu al-Naja -- The; title: alien farmer ;; title: Temptation -- / ʻAbd al-Hameed Ahmad -- The; title: next step -- / Daisy al-Amir -- The; title: banquet -- / Yusuf Habashi al-Ashqar; title: In search of an address -- / Ibrahim Aslan -- The; title: trial -- / Saʻid ʻAulaqi -- The; title: widow -- / Tawfiq Yusuf ʻAwwad -- The; title: locksmith -- / Shukry ʻAyyad; title: Vengeance -- / Muhammad ʻAziza; title: Tears for sale -- / Samira ʻAzzam; title: From mare to mouse -- / Layla Baʻalbaki; title: Colors -- / Liana Badr; title: Tanyus on earth and Tanyus in heaven -- / Shawqi Baghdadi; title: Doves on the wing ;; title: Little things do matter -- / Salwa Bakr -- The; title: tale of the severed head -- / Muhammad barrada -- A; title: game of pursuit -- / Muhammad al-Busati -- A; title: woman -- / Zayd Muteeʻ Dammaj -- The; title: windows -- / Zaki Darwish -- The; title: death of the cane -- / Harib al-Dhahiri; title: Lighter than angels -- / Lutfiyya al-Dulaimi; title: Love me tonight -- / Ahmad Ibrahim al-Faqih; title: Who knows? Maybe-- -- / Mustafa al-Farisi; title: Shoulders -- / Ilyas Farkouh; title: Uncle, please help me get across -- / Ghaʾib Tuʻma Farman -- The; title: reward -- / Jamal Fayiz -- The; title: gray-colored vehicle -- / Sulaiman Fayyad -- The; title: autumn of life -- / Khalil al-Fuzayyiʻ -- The; title: engagement present -- / Fat-hi Ghanim -- The; title: man who say his own funeral -- / Nadia Ghazzi -- An; title: enlightenment to the people of this world -- / Gamal al-Ghitani; title: Heart failure -- / Huzama Habayib -- The; title: Mandelbaum gate -- / Emile Habiby -- A; title: midnight visit -- / Ghalib Halasa; title: Cain suffocates the moon -- / ʻAbd al-ʻAl al-Hamamsi; title: That village on that morning -- / Akram Haniyyah; title: How my grandmother was murdered ;; title: Morning in the city -- / Jameel Hatmal -- The; title: dance of the savage prairies -- / Haydar Haydar -- An; title: oil painting -- / Gamil ʻAtiyya Ibrahim -- The; title: charm -- ; The; title: woman's public bath -- / Ilfat Idilbi; title: Nadia's image -- / Suhail Idris -- The; title: bet -- ; An; title: Egyptian Mona Lisa -- ; A; title: Very Egyptian story -- / Yusuf Idris; title: Madman -- ; The; title: merry night of the dog -- / Walid Ikhlasi -- The; title: strange world of a toy store -- / Ismaʻil Fahd Ismaʻil; title: Farewell: a crown of grass -- / Abdu Jubair; title: This hardship will pass -- / Nasir Jubran -- The; title: beautician and the bride -- / Saʻid al-Kafrawi; title: If you'd been a horse -- / Ghassan Kanafani -- The; title: tram of life -- / Fuʾad Kanʻan; title: Layla -- / Wadad ʻAbd al-Latif al-Kawwari -- The; title: takers -- / Bushra Khalfan; title: Summer -- / Shakir Khasbak; title: Autumn clouds -- / Burhan al-Khatib; title: Clocks like horses -- / Muhammad KHudayyir -- The; title: pact -- / Ibrahim al-Koni; title: One summer -- / Musa Kraidi; title: Thirst -- / Hasan al-Lawzi; title: Rendezvous -- ;; title: Under a starlit sky -- / Naguib Mahfouz; title: Blue fly -- ; The; title: girls' ward -- / Muhammad Makhzanji -- The; title: case -- / ʻAli al-Makk; title: Crossing over -- / ʻAlya Mamdouh -- The; title: billy goat and the menfolk -- / Samira al-Manaʻ -- The; title: autumn of '81 -- / Hassouna Misbahi; title: Smiling as large as life ;; title: Video -- / Muhammad al-Murr; title: Departure and return -- / Sabri Musa -- The; title: dog ;; title: Sent with the bearer -- / ʻAbd al-ʻAziz al-Mushri; title: Matches to dry wood -- / Mai Muzaffar -- The; title: miracle -- / Emily Nasrallah -- The; title: wolf -- / ʻAbdallah al-Nasser -- The; title: waitress, the newspaper boy, and the spring -- / ʻAbd al-Malik Nouri; title: News on the radio -- / Ghalia Qabbani -- The; title: sound of footsteps -- / Muntasir al-Qaffash; title: Rabab gives up drawing -- / Yusuf al-Qaʻid -- A; title: winter night -- / ʻAbd al-Hakeem Qasim; title: Lord of my times ;; title: You might get rich today -- / Fakhri Qaʻwar; title: Zinah -- / Mubarak Rabiʻ; title: Not only the hyena -- / Hani al-Rahib -- The; title: final message -- / Hasan Rasheed; title: Abu Richard -- / Muʻnis al-Razzaz -- The; title: child -- ; The; title: dog ;; title: God and the fish -- / Yasin Rifaʻiyya -- An; title: incident in the Ghobashi household -- / Alifa Rifʻat -- The; title: train -- / Mahmoud al-Rimawi -- The; title: kingdom of bulls -- / ʻAbd al-Rahman Majid al-Rubaiʻi -- The; title: fire within -- / ʻAbdallah Rukaibi -- The; title: pit -- / Noura al-Saʻd -- The; title: demise of His Excellency the Minister -- / Nawal al-Saʻdawi; title: She and I -- / Hadia Saʻid -- The; title: barricade -- / Amin Salih -- The; title: barrier -- / Salima Salih -- The; title: Cypriot man -- / Tayyib Salih; title: Reactions -- / George Salim -- The; title: meeting -- / Ibrahim Samuʾil; title: Fresh blood -- / Mahdi ʻIssa Saqr -- The; title: hymn -- / Salma Matar Sayf [Maryam Abu Shibab]; title: Ordeal by fire -- / Mahmoud Shaheen -- The; title: women's swimming pool -- / Hanan al-Shaykh -- The; title: interrogation -- / Muhammad al-Sharikh; title: Briefly -- / Yusuf Sharouni; title: Obsession -- / Sulaiman al-Shatti -- The; title: evening walk -- / Muhammad ʻAli Taha -- The; title: engagement -- / Bahaʾ Tahir  -- The; title: truth -- / Fuʾad al-Takarli -- The; title: beards ;; title: What took place in the city that was asleep ;; title: Love ;; title: Tigers on the tenth day -- / Zakaria Tamir; title: In search of a wilderness -- / Sahar Tawfiq -- The; title: joker -- / Maguid Tobia -- The; title: death of Muhammad Ben Ahmad Hinti -- / ʻAbd al-Salam al-ʻUjaili; title: Going on a journey -- ; The; title: damned insinuation -- / Layla al-ʻUthman -- The; title: secret -- / Faruq Wadi -- The; title: martyrs are returning this week -- / Al-Taher Wattar -- The; title: death of the good citizen -- / Muhammad al-Yahyaʾi (b. 1964) -- The; title: turning point -- / Hussa Yusuf; title: Men and mules -- / Muhammad Zafzaf -- The; title: narrow path -- / Latifa al-Zayyat -- PT. 3. SELECTIONS FROM NOVELS.; title: Granada -- / Radwa Ashour -- A; title: woman of five seasons -- / Layla al-Atrash -- The; title: stars over Jericho -- / Liana Badr -- The; title: crane -- / Halim Barakat; title: People of passion -- / Huda Barakat -- The; title: people's bus -- / Najwa Barakat; title: Sages of darkness -- / Saleem Barakat; title: Game of forgetfulness -- / Muhammad Barrada -- A; title: time for errors -- / Mohamed Choukri [Muhammad Shukri]  -- An; title: apartment called freedom -- / Ghazi A. Algosaibi -- The; title: secret life of Saʻeed, the ill-fated pessoptimist -- / Emile Habiby; title: Power crazy -- / BenSalim Himmish; title: City of winds -- / Moussa Wuld Ibno -- The; title: committee -- / Sunʾallah Ibrahim; title: Search for Walid Masʻud -- / Jabra Ibrahim Jabra; title: All that's left to you -- / Ghassan Kanafani; title: Rama and the dragon -- / Edward al-Kharrat; title: City gates -- / Ilias Khouri -- The; title: thief and the dogs -- / Naguib Mahfouz; title: Fragments of memory -- / Hanna Mina; title: Trees and the murder of Marzouq -- / ʻAbd al-Rahman Munif; title: Prairies of fever -- / Ibrahim Nasrallah -- The; title: epidemic -- / Hani al-Rahib; title: Alive in the dead sea -- / Muʾnis al-Razzaz -- The; title: hallway -- / Yasin Rifaʻiyya; title: Nightmares of Beirut -- / Ghada Samman; title: Abu Musa's neighbors -- / Ahmad al-Tawfiqu; title: Al-Amin and Al-Maʾmun-- / Jurji Zaydan.