03959nam 2200697Ia 450 991095816950332120200520144314.0978079148346607914834609781423744078142374407110.1515/9780791483466(CKB)1000000000458775(OCoLC)461441626(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579074(SSID)ssj0000105036(PQKBManifestationID)11990175(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105036(PQKBWorkID)10086462(PQKB)10996911(Au-PeEL)EBL3407651(CaPaEBR)ebr10579074(OCoLC)62750479(DE-B1597)682100(DE-B1597)9780791483466(MiAaPQ)EBC3407651(Perlego)2672838(EXLCZ)99100000000045877520040625d2005 ub 1engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierArab women writers an anthology of short stories /edited, translated, and with an introduction by Dalya Cohen-Mor1st ed.Albany, NY State University of New York Press20051 online resource (xiv, 305 pages)SUNY series, women writers in translationBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791464205 0791464202 9780791464199 0791464199 Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-295).Intro -- Arab Women Writers: An Anthology of Short Stories -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Arab Women Writers: A Brief Sketch -- Thematic Aspects -- Modes of Writing -- Arab Women: Old Images, New Pro.les -- Part I. Growing Up Female -- That Summer Holiday -- The Parting Gift -- Let's Play Doctor -- In the Moonlight -- At the Beach -- A Helping Hand -- In the Recesses of Memory -- Fragments from a Life -- The Slave -- Part II. Love and Sexuality -- The Picture -- The Picture -- The Picture -- The Smile -- My Mother's Friend -- A Worthless Woman -- Part III. Male-Female Relations -- Where To? -- The Cat -- The Woman of My Dreams -- Mozart's Fez -- A Virgin Continent -- An Old Couple -- Part IV. Marriage -- A Mistake in the Knitting -- My Wedding Night -- The Dummy -- The Cat, the Maid, and the Wife -- Sun, I Am the Moon -- The Dreadful Sea -- Woman with a Story -- The Persian Rug -- The Dream -- Pharaoh Is Drowning Again -- Part V. Childbearing -- The Spider's Web -- Man and Woman -- Half a Woman -- Heir Apparent -- The Newcomer -- Part VI. Self-Fulillment -- International Women's Day -- The Filly Became a Mouse -- Restoration -- Waiting for Hayla -- The Closely Guarded Secret -- I Will Never Forfeit My Right -- Homecoming -- Bittersweet Memories -- Part VII. Customs and Values -- Tears for Sale -- Misfortune in the Alley -- Questioning -- The Dinosaur -- Moonstruck -- A Moment of Truth -- The Future -- The Gallows -- Pat VIII. The Winds of Change -- The Breeze of Youth -- A Successful Woman -- In Need of Reassurance -- Short and Sassy -- The Collapse of Barriers -- The Beginning -- A Moment of Contemplation -- I Will Try Tomorrow -- Notes -- About the Authors.A collection of sixty short stories by women writers from across the Arab world.SUNY series, women writers in translation.Short stories, ArabicTranslations into EnglishArabic fictionWomen authorsTranslations into EnglishShort stories, ArabicArabic fictionWomen authors892.7/301089287Cohen-Mor Dalya1948-1226180MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958169503321Arab women writers4351671UNINA