You as of Today My Homeland: Stories of War, Self, and Love by Al-Sboul, Tayseer

You as of Today My Homeland: Stories of War, Self, and Love (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781611862102)

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You as of Today My Homeland: Stories of War, Self, and Love by Al-Sboul, Tayseer

You as of Today My Homeland: Stories of War, Self, and Love

$12.95
You as of Today My Homeland: Stories of War, Self, and Love by Al-Sboul, Tayseer

You as of Today My Homeland: Stories of War, Self, and Love

$12.95
Format: Hardcover
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This volume comprises a translation of the first post-modernist historical Arabic novella, You as of Today, by the renowned Jordanian writer Tayseer al-Sboul, and his two short stories "Red Indian" and "The Rooster's Cry." "Red Indian" and "The Rooster's Cry" complement You as of Today by providing, with striking transparency and precision, narratives that examine man's journey to self-discovery through events that are culturally unique, transparent, and at times shocking. This volume is rich with tales of war, love, politics, censorship, and the search for self in a complex and conflicting Arab world at a critical time in its history. In a captivating style consistent with the nature of events narrated in the text, al-Sboul unveils the inner nature of social, political, and religious patterns of life in Arab society with an honesty and skill that renders You as of Today My Homeland a testimony of human experiences that transcend the boundaries of time and place.


Author: Tayseer Al-Sboul
ISBN-10: 1611862108
ISBN-13: 9781611862102
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2016
Pages: 120
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d

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Foreword 08/23/2016
By Tayseer Al-Sboul
By Tayseer Al-Sboul
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Tayseer Al-Sboul (1939-1973) is one of Jordan's most celebrated writers and poets. His masterpiece You as of Today won the Al-Nahar Award for best Arabic novel in 1968 and continues to stand as one of the most accurate and powerful historical novels of its time.

Nesreen Akhtarkhavari is a writer, an associate professor, and the director of Arabic Studies at DePaul University where she teaches Arabic literature, translation, film, media, and culture. She is the president of the World Engagement Institute board, the chair of the Amman-Chicago Sister Cities International Education and Culture Committee, and a member of the Jordanian Writers Society.

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