Arab Women Writers
Subtitle: An Anthology Of Short Stories (Suny Series, Women Writers in Translation)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780791464199
Subjects: Short stories; Translations into English; Literary Collections; Fiction - General; Short stories, Arabic; Literature: Classics; Short Stories (Anthologies); Arabic fiction; Women authors; Anthologies (multiple authors); Literary; Middle Eastern; African
First sentence: When she played with the neighbors' children in their old, narrow alley, it was as an important member of the group.
Description: "Consisting of sixty short stories by forty women writers from across the Arab world, this collection opens numerous windows onto Arab culture and society and offers keen insights into what Arab women feel and think. The stories deal not only with feminist issues but also with topics of a social, cultural, and political nature. Different styles and modes of writing are represented, along with a diversity of techniques and creative approaches, and the authors present many points of view and various ways of solving problems and confronting situations in everyday life. Lively, outspoken, and provocative, these stories are essential reading for anyone interested in the Arab world."--BOOK JACKET.