{"product_id":"the-anchor-book-of-modern-denys-johnson-davies-9781400079766","title":"The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis dazzling anthology features the work of seventy-nine outstanding writers from all over the Arab-speaking world, from Morocco in the west to Iraq in the east, Syria in the north to Sudan in the south.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Denys Johnson-Davies, called by Edward Said \"the leading Arabic-to-English translator of our time,\" this treasury of Arab voices is diverse in styles and concerns, but united by a common language. It spans the full history of modern Arabic literature, from its roots in western cultural influence at the end of the nineteenth century to the present-day flowering of Naguib Mahfouz's literary sons and daughters. Among the Egyptian writers who laid the foundation for the Arabic literary renaissance are the great Tawfik al-Hakim; the short story pioneer Mahmoud Teymour; and Yusuf Idris, who embraced Egypt's vibrant spoken vernacular. An excerpt from the Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih's novel \u003ci\u003eSeason of Migration to the North, \u003c\/i\u003e one of the Arab world's finest, appears alongside the Libyan writer Ibrahim al-Koni's tales of the Tuaregs of North Africa, the Iraqi writer Mohamed Khudayir's masterly story \"Clocks Like Horses,\" and the work of such women writers as Lebanon's Hanan al-Shaykh and Morocco's Leila Abouzeid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Denys Johnson-Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400079764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400079766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/26\/2006 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2007 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/23\/2006","brand":"Denys Johnson-Davies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980295667967,"sku":"9781400079766","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_906c34d6-aa56-467e-a6aa-22aae029ab91.jpg?v=1683249100","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-anchor-book-of-modern-denys-johnson-davies-9781400079766","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}