The Tree & Other Stories (Interlink World Fiction)
Contributors: Salma Khadra Jayyusi (Introduction)
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group; Interlink Books
Published: March 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781566564984
Subjects: Arabic Novel And Short Story; Fiction; Fiction - General; Literature: Classics; Short Stories (single author); General; Middle Eastern; 20th century; Arabic fiction; Saudi Arabia; Short stories, Arabic; Translations into English
Description: "The stories explore in sometimes subtle and unexpected ways, life in Saudi, considering both traditional aspects and the effect on these of a modern world imposing itself with often bewildering speed. Otherstories reflect on issues in the wider Arab world, and others still deal with timeless elements of the human condition."--Excerpted from summary on book.