Modern Arabic Short Stories: A Bilingual Reader

ISBN: 9780863564369 ISBN10: 0863564364.
Written by: D L Newman, R Husni.
Softcover, 296pp..
The twelve stories collected here are by leading authors from Morocco to Iraq. In addition to works by writers already well known in the West such as 'Idwar alKharrat', 'Fuad alTakarli' and Nobel Prizewinning 'Naguib Mahfouz', key authors whose fame has as yet been restricted to the Middle East are also included. This bilingual reader is ideal for students of Arabic; the collection features stories in both English and Arabic, prefaced by a brief author biography plus notes on context and background. Each story is followed by a glossary and discussion of problematic language points.