Beirut 39 : new writing from the Arab world /: new writing from the Arab world. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Beirut thirty-nine; New writing from the Arab world
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Samuel Shimon ; with a preface by Hanan al-Shaykh.
• Other Names: Shimon, Samuel, 1956-; Hay Festival
• Contents: Preface / Hanan al-Shaykh -- Judges' announcement -- Introduction / Abdo Wazen -- Editor's note -- Bedouins on the Edge / Abdelaziz Errachidi -- Trip to the Slaughterhouse / Abdelkader Benali -- Wounded Man / Abdellah Taia -- Amazigh / Abderrahim Elkhassar -- Skin of shadow / Abderrazak Boukebba -- Twentieth terrorist / Abdullah Thabit -- At the post office / Adania Shibli -- Frankenstein in Baghdad / Ahmad Saadawi -- Eight poems from The Utopia of Cemeteries / Ahmad Yamani -- Coexistence / Ala Hlehel -- Three poems / Bassim al Ansar -- Two stories / Dima Wannous -- Mimouna / Faiza Guene -- Three Stories / Hala Kawtharani -- Secret pleasures / Hamdy el Gazzar -- Last hanging poem / Hussein al Abri -- Three poems / Hussein Jelaad -- Layla's belly / Hyam Yared -- Who are you carrying that rose for? / Islam Samhan -- Geology of the I' in the book of J / Joumana Haddad -- Scalpel / Kamel Riahi -- Threshold of ashes / Mansour El Souwaim -- Path to madness / Mansoura Ez Eldin -- Haneef from Glasgow / Mohammad Hassan Alwan -- Boat that dislikes the riverbank / Mohammad Salah al Azab -- Like the blade of a knife / Nagat Ali -- Pools and the piano / Najwa Binshatwan -- Six Poems / Najwan Darwish -- Thirteen Poems / Nazem El Sayed -- America / Rabee Jaber -- Story of my building / Randa Jarrar -- Guardians of the air / Rosa Yassin Hassan -- Scent of cinnamon / Samar Yezbek -- Nine Poems / Samer Abou Hawwash -- Crime in Mataeem Street / Wajdi al Ahdal -- Raven's Leg / Yahya Amqassim -- Two stories / Yassin Adnan -- Suicide 20, or The Hakimi Maqama / Youssef Rakha -- Nine poems / Zaki Baydoun --Notes on the text -- Notes on the authors -- Notes on the translators.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (314 pages)
• Subjects: 892/.70808953; Literary Collections -- Middle Eastern; Arabic literature -- 20th century -- Translations into English; Arabic literature -- 21st century -- Translations into English; Arabic literature; Fiction & related items; Electronic books; Translations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781608192830; 1608192830
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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