Shahrazad's Gift

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Shahrazad’s Gift is a collection of linked short stories set in contemporary Cairo—magical, absurd and humorous. The author focuses on the off-beat, little-known stories, far from CNN news: a Swedish belly dancer who taps into the Oriental fantasies of her clientele; a Japanese woman studying Arabic, driven mad by the noise and chaos of the city; a frustrated Egyptian housewife who becomes obsessed by the activities of her Western gay neighbor; an American journalist who covered the civil war in Beirut who finds friendship with her Egyptian dentist. We also meet the two protagonists of McCullough's Confessions of a Knight Errant, before their escapades in that story. These stories are told in the tradition of A Thousand and One Nights.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-04-04
Mått:152 x 228 x 11 mm
Vikt:278 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:198
Förlag:Cune Press,US
ISBN:9781951082437

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Gretchen McCullough was raised in Harlingen Texas. After graduating from Brown University in 1984, she taught in Egypt, Turkey and Japan. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alabama and was awarded a teaching Fulbright to Syria from 1997-1999. Her stories, essays and reviews have appeared in The Barcelona Review, Archipelago, National Public Radio, Story South, Guernica, The Common, The Millions, and the LA Review of Books. Translations in English and Arabic have been published in: Nizwa, Banipal, Brooklyn Rail in Translation, World Literature Today and Washington Square Review with Mohamed Metwalli. Her bi-lingual book of short stories in English and Arabic, Three Stories from Cairo, translated with Mohamed Metwalli was published in July 2011 by AFAQ Publishing House, Cairo. Currently, she is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Rhetoric and Composition at the American University in Cairo.

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"A fun read from someone who knows Cairo well" —Sherine Said, Scoop Empire

Innehållsförteckning

The Wedding Guest 11The Empty Flat Upstairs 25A Little Honey and a Little Sunlight 31Taken Hostage by the Ugly Duck 43Fatma’s New Teeth 51The Charm 66Ice 82Shahrazad’s Gift 101Tiger 114Pure Water Part I 125Pure Water Part II—“On The Run” 140