Gazelle tracks [[electronic resource] ] : a modern Arabic novel from Egypt / / Miral al-Tahawy ; translated by Anthony Calderbank

• Autore: Ṭaḥāwī Mīrāl
• Pubblicazione: Reading, UK, : Garnet, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (105 p.)
• Disciplina: 892.736
• Soggetto topico: Women, Bedouin - Family relationships - Egypt; Mothers and daughters - Egypt; Bedouins - Egypt - Ethnic identity
• Soggetto geografico: Egypt Social conditions Fiction
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10
• Sommario/riassunto: This short but cleverly crafted novel recounts the tale of Muhra, a young woman whose name means filly, born of the descendants of the Bedouin tribes who settled in Egypt''s Delta Province of El Sharqiyya during the 18th and 19th centuries. Past mingles with present and myth and folklore blend with reality, as the narrative voice records Muhra''s quest as she seeks to discover the truth about her mother through the old family photographs that adorn the walls of her grandfather''s house and other documents hidden away in cupboards and drawers.At once both narrator and narrated, Muhra''s tale of
• Titolo autorizzato: Gazelle tracks
• ISBN: 1-85964-361-2; 1-281-98855-3; 9786611988555; 1-4416-0028-0; 1-85964-253-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454306603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II