A novella about a Sudanese man who returns from studying abroad and meets a sex-crazed psychopath who also lived in Europe and wants to tell the narrator all about his encounters with women, aka “his prey,” in which he encouraged them to exoticize him and finally drove them all to suicide with the p...
The thing about 1001 Nights is the ending, where Sherzhade gets to keep her head. Would you really like to be married to a man who kept beheading wives on the first day of the honeymoon? Mahfouz seems to be playing with this idea and some others in this quasi sequel to Arabian Night...
bookshelves: published-1966, winter20092010, african-continent, fraudio, too-sexy-for-maiden-aunts, afr-sudan, radio-3 Read from January 21 to 22, 2010 ** spoiler alert ** Season of Migration to the NorthBy Tayeb SalihTranslated by Denys Johnson-DaviesDramatised by Philip Palmer.From the descrip...
bookshelves: translation, published-1982, books-with-a-passport, tbr-busting-2013, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, afr-egypt, fantasy, paper-read, giftee, nobel-laureate Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Themis-Athena (Does not and never will own a Kindle) Read from December 09, 2012 to January 02, 2...
Sensually written, turning Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" on it's head in its narrative style, and drawing us in to the character of Mustafa Sa'eed. This book is a treasure in craft, the motifs, symbolism, and style are there. An interesting Post-Colonial read, and one that will stand the test of time...
Before heading out we swung by the post box - and this was in it!HUZZAH!A seasonal gift from T~A. Thankee!Translated by Denys Johnson-DaviesOpening: Following the dawn prayer, with clouds of darkness defying the vigorous thrust of light, the vizier Dandan was called to a meeting with the sultan Shah...
United Arab Emirates.A collection of short stories. Many read like workshop sketches or descriptions more than stories, though some have a traditional structure. There are two main themes: Women are seductive and cause trouble; and the old ways may not be best, but inspire poignancy in the narrator ...
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