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Tales of Encounter: Three Egyptian Novellas: Madam Vienna, The Secret of His Power, New York 80 (Modern Arabic Literature)
Yusuf Idris
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Description for Tales of Encounter: Three Egyptian Novellas: Madam Vienna, The Secret of His Power, New York 80 (Modern Arabic Literature)
Paperback. Translator(s): El-Enany, Rasheed (University of Exeter University of Exeter, UK University of Exeter, UK University of Exeter, UK University of Exeter, UK University of Exeter, UK University of Exeter, UK University of Exeter, UK University of Exeter, UK University of Exeter, UK). Series: Modern Arabic Literature (Paperback). Num Pages: 211 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
Yusuf Idris was undoubtedly one of Egypt's most talented and versatile writers in the second half of the twentieth century. The first two novellas in this volume, Madam Vienna and The Secret of His Power, come from the peak period in his career, the late 1950s and early 1960s, while New York 80 belongs to his late period, the 1980s. Yet something holds these three works together, despite their different periods and their scattered settings: Vienna, an Egyptian Delta village, and New York. They all deal with a seminal theme in Arabic fiction since its nascent years and until today: ... Read more
Yusuf Idris was undoubtedly one of Egypt's most talented and versatile writers in the second half of the twentieth century. The first two novellas in this volume, Madam Vienna and The Secret of His Power, come from the peak period in his career, the late 1950s and early 1960s, while New York 80 belongs to his late period, the 1980s. Yet something holds these three works together, despite their different periods and their scattered settings: Vienna, an Egyptian Delta village, and New York. They all deal with a seminal theme in Arabic fiction since its nascent years and until today: ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Number of pages
211
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774165627
SKU
V9789774165627
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About Yusuf Idris
Described by Tawfiq al-Hakim as the renovator and genius of the short story, Yusuf Idris was one of the great figures of twentieth-century Arabic literature. He was born in 1927, graduated from medical college in 1951, and practiced medicine for several years. His first collection of stories was published in 1956. In 1960 he gave up medicine to ... Read more
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