I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780385491273)

Since the U.S. publication of Women of Sand and Myrrh--which has now sold more than 35,000 copies and was selected as one of the Fifty Best Books of 1992 by Publishers Weekly--Hanan al-Shaykh has attracted an ever larger following for her dazzling tales of contemporary Arab women. In these seventeen short stories--eleven of which are appearing in English for the first time--al-Shaykh expands her horizons beyond the boundaries of Lebanon, taking us throughout the Middle East, to Africa, and finally to London. Stylistically diverse, her stories are often about the shifting and ambiguous power relationships between different cultures--as well as between men and women. Often compared to both Margaret Atwood and Margaret Drabble, Hanan al-Shaykh is "a gifted and courageous writer" (Middle Eastern International).

Author: Hanan Al-Shaykh
ISBN-10: 0385491271
ISBN-13: 9780385491273
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 08/17/1998
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.21w x 0.77d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/20/1998 pg. 211
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/1998 pg. 982
Library Journal 09/01/1998 pg. 218
Booklist 09/01/1998 pg. 63