Research Catalog

Children of the waters

Title: Children of the waters / Ibtihal Salem and Marilyn Booth.
Author: Sālim, Ibtihāl.
Publication: Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press ; Chesham : Combined Academic, 2002.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

Item details
Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	PJ7862.A418 C55 2002	Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Booth, Marilyn.

Description

124 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"This collection of short stories, poems, and vignettes offers a window on contemporary literary experimentation in Arabic, as well as attitudes on everyday life and social relations in urban Egypt. Ibtihal Salem deals lyrically with contemporary Egyptian problems from class, gender, and political perspectives."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Short stories. Selections. English

Alternative Title

Short stories.

Contents

Arabi -- Anticipation -- Behind Closed Doors -- Making Bets -- February -- The Work Gang -- Palm Trees and the Sea -- Shadow Puppets -- Tea Grown Cold -- A Toast to the Full Moon -- Cusp -- Bags of Candy -- Rage -- My Friend "Patriot" -- Little Things Don't Lie -- Crumbs -- An Empty Tin Can -- The Shape of Prison -- The Handsomest Portrait She Had Ever Seen -- Rape -- Everyday Duty -- Threads of Thought -- Open Wound -- Songs from the Tree's Core -- Pangs -- Fire -- Kite Full of Color -- Lost Harbor -- Song of the Wounded Heart -- Glass Barricades -- Nothing at All -- Bitter Mirth -- Short-lived Moments -- Passage -- The Boot.

ISBN

0292777736

OCLC

ocm50877887
SCSB-4318810

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries