Stones of Bobello - Couverture souple

Al-Kharrat, Edwar

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0863565166 ISBN 13 : 9780863565168

Editeur : Saqi Books, 2005

Synopsis

Set during the 1930s in the small town of Tarrana in the Nile Delta region of Egypt, Stones of Bobello revolves around the life of a sensitive young Christian boy. Its montage of nostalgic, psychological and mythical perspectives highlights various tensions – between man and woman, Copt and Muslim, dream and reality. The torpid climate of the Delta is the setting for this bewitching coming-of-age tale, charged with erotic fantasy and richly imbued with those imaginative oases where dreams and memories flourish.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Edwar Al-Kharrat is a novelist, poet, critic, translator and editor. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1926. Among his awards are the prestigious Oweiss Prize (the Arab world's largest prize for writers and intellectuals) and the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature. He was awarded the State Merit Award for Literature in 2000.Paul Starkey teaches Arabic language and literature at the University of Durham, where he is currently Director of the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. He is the author of a study of the Egyptian author Tawfiq al-Hakim and co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. He has also translated Rashid al-Daif's novel Dear Mr Kawabata into English.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Saqi Books
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0863565166
• ISBN 13: 9780863565168
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
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• Personne responsable: non disponible