The essential Yusuf Idris : masterpieces of the Egyptian short story /

The essential Yusuf Idris : masterpieces of the Egyptian short story /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Idrīs, Yūsuf.
Uniform title:	Short stories. English. Selections
Imprint:	Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, c2009.
Description:	268 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Modern Arabic literature. Modern Arabic literature.
Subject:	Idrīs, Yūsuf -- Translations into English. Idrīs, Yūsuf. Short stories, Arabic -- Translations into English. Short stories, Egyptian -- Translations into English. Short stories. Short stories. Short stories, Arabic. Short stories, Egyptian. Short stories. Translations.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7845054

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Varying Form of Title:	Masterpieces of the Egyptian short story
Other authors / contributors:	Johnson-Davies, Denys.
ISBN:	9789774162428 (hbk.) 9774162420 (hbk.)
Summary:	"Yusuf Idris (1927-91), who belonged to the same generation of pioneering Egyptian writers as Naguib Mahfouz and Tawfiq al-Hakim, is widely celebrated as the father of the Arabic short story, just as Mahfouz is considered the father of the Arabic novel. He studied and practiced medicine, but his interests were in politics and the support of the nationalist struggle, and in writing-and his writing, whether in his regular newspaper columns or in his fiction, often reflected his political convictions. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature more than once, and when the prize went to Naguib Mahfouz in 1988, Idris felt that he had been passed over because of his outspoken views on Israel. In all, Yusuf Idris wrote some twelve collections of superbly crafted short stories, mainly about ordinary, poor people, many of which have been translated into English and are included in this collection, along with an extract from one of his novels, in this collection of the best of his work." -- Book jacket.

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Call Number:	PJ7838.D7 A24 2009
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