Publisher: London.
Publication date: 2008.
Number of pages: 300.
Language: Arabic, English.
Format / Quality: pdf, good.
"This work features twelve stories by contemporary masters from Morocco to Iraq. The twelve stories collected here are by leading authors of the short story form in the Middle East today. In addition to works by writers already well-known in the West such as Idwar al-Kharrat, Fuad al-Takarli and Nobel Prize-winning Naguib Mahfouz, key authors whose fame has hitherto been restricted to the Middle East are also included. This bilingual reader is ideal for students of Arabic as well as lovers of literature who wish to broaden their appreciation of the work of Middle Easte writers. 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. ".
Excellent for intermediate and advanced students. If only they had an audio component as well.I also admit I found the cover irresistible (guilty pleasures! ).
I do have a few more readers like this one in French, but they're not all digitized.
Publication date: 2008.
Number of pages: 300.
Language: Arabic, English.
Format / Quality: pdf, good.
"This work features twelve stories by contemporary masters from Morocco to Iraq. The twelve stories collected here are by leading authors of the short story form in the Middle East today. In addition to works by writers already well-known in the West such as Idwar al-Kharrat, Fuad al-Takarli and Nobel Prize-winning Naguib Mahfouz, key authors whose fame has hitherto been restricted to the Middle East are also included. This bilingual reader is ideal for students of Arabic as well as lovers of literature who wish to broaden their appreciation of the work of Middle Easte writers. 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. ".
Excellent for intermediate and advanced students. If only they had an audio component as well.I also admit I found the cover irresistible (guilty pleasures! ).
I do have a few more readers like this one in French, but they're not all digitized.