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Title Beirut 39 : new writing from the Arab world / edited by Samuel Shimon ; with a preface by Hanan al-Shaykh
Publish Info New York, NY : Bloomsbury, 2010
Edition 1st U.S. ed

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Contents

 Preface / Hanan Al-Shaykh 
 Judges' Announcement 
 Introduction / Abdo Wazen 
 Editor's Note 
 From the novel Bedouins on the Edge / Abdelaziz Errachidi1
 From the novel The Trip to the Slaughterhouse / Abdelkader Benali8
 The Wounded Man / Abdellah Taia17
 Amazigh / Abderrahim Elkhassar24
 From the novel Skin of Shadow / Abderrazak Boukebba28
 From the novel The Twentieth Terrorist / Abdullah Thabit34
 At the Post Office / Adania Shibli43
 From the novel Frankenstein in Baghdad / Ahmad Saadawi51
 eight poems from The Utopia of Cemeteries / Ahmad Yamani57
 Coexistence / Ala Hlehel62
 Three Poems / Bassim Al Ansar68
 Two Stories / Dima Wannous72
 Mimouna / Faiza Guene82
 Three Stories / Hala Kawtharani92
 From the novel Secret Pleasures / Hamdy El Gazzar98
 From the novel The Last Hanging Poem / Hussein Al Abri109
 Three Poems / Hussein Jelaad118
 Layla's Belly / Hyam Yared123
 Who Are You Carrying That Rose For? / Islam Samhan128
 From the poem ̀€The Geology of the I' in The Book of J / Joumana Haddad131
 From the novel The Scalpel / Kamel Riahi137
 From the novel The Threshold of Ashes / Mansour El Souwaim146
 The Path to Madness / Mansoura Ez Eldin155
 Haneef from Glasgow / Mohammad Hassan Alwan161
 A Boat That Dislikes the Riverbank / Mohammad Salah Al Azab168
 four poems from Like the Blade of a Knife / Nagat Ali175
 The Pools and the Piano / Najwa Binshatwan182
 Six Poems / Najwan Darwish194
 Thirteen Poems / Nazem El Sayed198
 From the novel America / Rabee Jaber204
 The Story of My Building / Randa Jarrar215
 Guardians of the Air / Rosa Yassin Hassan223
 From the novel The Scent of Cinnamon / Samar Yezbek230
 Nine Poems / Samer Abou Hawwash237
 A Crime in Mataeem Street / Wajdi Al Ahdal242
 From the novel Raven's Leg / Yahya Amqassim255
 Two Stories / Yassin Adnan264
 Suicide 20, or The Hakimi Maqama / Youssef Rakha272
 Nine Poems / Zaki Baydoun282
 Notes on the Text287
 Notes on the Authors295
 Notes on the Translators301
Description xiv, 304 p. ; 21 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references
Collection of new writing from the Arab world, by thirty-nine writers under forty
"A Hay Festival project"--Cover
Contents Preface / Hanan al-Shaykh -- Judges' announcement -- Introduction / Abdo Wazen -- Editor's note -- Bedouins on the Edge / Abdelaziz Errachidi -- Trip to the Slaughterhouse / Abdelkader Benali -- Wounded Man / Abdellah Taia -- Amazigh / Abderrahim Elkhassar -- Skin of shadow / Abderrazak Boukebba -- Twentieth terrorist / Abdullah Thabit -- At the post office / Adania Shibli -- Frankenstein in Baghdad / Ahmad Saadawi -- Eight poems from The Utopia of Cemeteries / Ahmad Yamani -- Coexistence / Ala Hlehel -- Three poems / Bassim al Ansar -- Two stories / Dima Wannous -- Mimouna / Faiza Guene -- Three Stories / Hala Kawtharani -- Secret pleasures / Hamdy el Gazzar -- Last hanging poem / Hussein al Abri -- Three poems / Hussein Jelaad -- Layla's belly / Hyam Yared -- Who are you carrying that rose for? / Islam Samhan -- Geology of the I' in the book of J / Joumana Haddad -- Scalpel / Kamel Riahi -- Threshold of ashes / Mansour El Souwaim -- Path to madness / Mansoura Ez Eldin -- Haneef from Glasgow / Mohammad Hassan Alwan -- Boat that dislikes the riverbank / Mohammad Salah al Azab -- Like the blade of a knife / Nagat Ali -- Pools and the piano / Najwa Binshatwan -- Six Poems / Najwan Darwish -- Thirteen Poems / Nazem El Sayed -- America / Rabee Jaber -- Story of my building / Randa Jarrar -- Guardians of the air / Rosa Yassin Hassan -- Scent of cinnamon / Samar Yezbek -- Nine Poems / Samer Abou Hawwash -- Crime in Mataeem Street / Wajdi al Ahdal -- Raven's Leg / Yahya Amqassim -- Two stories / Yassin Adnan -- Suicide 20, or The Hakimi Maqama / Youssef Rakha -- Nine poems / Zaki Baydoun --Notes on the text -- Notes on the authors -- Notes on the translators
Note Chiefly translated from Arabic
Summary From the Publisher: Beirut 39 presents the best work of young Arab writers from around the world. Selected by a panel of eminent Arab critics, writers and editors, in a competition sponsored by the Hay Festival, these thirty-nine emerging talents are all under the age of thirty-nine, and hail from sixteen different countries-from Morocco to Oman, from Sudan to the Netherlands and France. Their fiction and poetry collected here represents the vibrancy and diversity of Arab literature today
From the Publisher: Beirut 39 presents the best work of young Arab writers from around the world. Selected by a panel of eminent Arab critics, writers and editors, in a competition sponsored by the Hay Festival, these thirty-nine emerging talents are all under the age of thirty-nine, and hail from sixteen different countries-from Morocco to Oman, from Sudan to the Netherlands and France. Their fiction and poetry collected here represents the vibrancy and diversity of Arab literature today
Subjects Arabic literature -- 20th century -- Translations into English
Arabic literature -- 21st century -- Translations into English
Alt Name Shimon, Samuel, 1956-
Hay Festival
Other Titles Beirut thirty-nine
New writing from the Arab world
LC NO PJ7694.E1 B45 2010
Dewey No 892/.70808953 22
OCLC # 462908187
ISBN 9781608192021 (alk. paper)
1608192024 (alk. paper)
Isn/Std # (OCoLC)462908187
LCCN 2009052486

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