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26 produkter
One Thousand and One Nights
Häftad, 2013
148 kr
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The Arab world's greatest folk stories re-imagined by the acclaimed Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh'Magical ... bursting with jinnis and mischief' Donna Tartt'One of the finest writers of her generation' Financial TimesOne Thousand and One Nights are the never-ending stories told by Shahrazad …
Beirut Blues
Inbunden, 1997
362 kr
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Asmahan skriver brev, desperat, vältaligt, fängslande för att ge mening åt sitt liv och kasta lite glans över det. Men hon skriver också för att belysa kriget som söndersliter hennes land och återkalla sina minnen av det forna Beirut arkitekturen, lukterna, folket, prakten innan det bleknar bort. I …
I Am Heathcliff
Stories Inspired by Wuthering Heights
Av Louisa Young, Nikesh Shukla m. fl.
Ljudbok, 2018
225 kr
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16 modern fiction superstars shine a startling light on the romance and pain of the infamous literary pair Heathcliff and Cathy.Short stories to stir the heart and awaken vital conversation about love.Sixteen stories inspired by Wuthering Heights.In ‘Terminus’ a young woman hides in an empty …
Locust and the Bird
My Mother''s Story
E-bok, 2009
167 kr
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In a masterly act of literary transformation, celebrated novelist Hanan al-Shaykh re-creates the dramatic life and times of her mother, Kamila. Married at a young age against her will, Kamila soon fell head-over-heels in love with another man—and was thus forced to choose between her children and …
Only in London
E-bok, 2007
74 kr
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Four strangers meet on a turbulent flight from Dubai to London: Amira, a canny Moroccan prostitute; Lamis, a 30-year old Iraqi divorcee; Nicholas, an English expert on Islamic art; and Samir, a Lebanese man who is delivering a monkey on a mission he doesn’t fully understand. Once safely on British …
I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops
E-bok, 2013
128 kr
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Since the U.S. publication of Women of Sand and Myrrh --which has now sold more than 35,000 copies and was selected as one of the Fifty Best Books of 1992 by Publishers Weekly--Hanan al-Shaykh has attracted an ever larger following for her dazzling tales of contemporary Arab women. In these …
Women of Sand and Myrrh
A Novel
E-bok, 2013
96 kr
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A powerful and moving novel, by the Arab worlds leading woman novelist, about four women coping with the insular, oppressive society of an unnamed desert state.
Beirut Blues
E-bok, 2013
128 kr
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With the acclaim won by her first two novels, Hanan al-Shaykh established herself as the Arab world''s foremost woman writer. Beirut Blues , published to similar acclaim, further confirms her place in Arabic literature, and brings her writing to a new, groundbreaking level. The daring fragmented …
I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops
Häftad, 2002
207 kr
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At the intersection of tradition and modernity, East and West, childhood and adulthood, Hanan al-Shaykh's characters find their way through the shifting and ambiguous power relationships that shape the landscape of the modern Arab world. A woman feigns insanity to escape from an empty marriage, …
One Thousand and One Nights
Av Hanan al-Shaykh, Tim Supple
Häftad, 2011
285 kr
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One of the world's great folk story-cycles adapted for the stage by leading theatre maker Tim Supple, from the stories written by the seminal Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh. This unique edition will unlock the ancient tales for a new generation of readers and performers.Written by Arabic writers …
One Thousand and One Nights
Av Hanan al-Shaykh, Tim Supple
E-bok, 2011
298 kr
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One of the world''s great folk story-cycles adapted for the stage by leading theatre maker Tim Supple, from the stories written by the seminal Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh. This unique edition will unlock the ancient tales for a new generation of readers and performers. Written by Arabic …
One Thousand and One Nights
Av Hanan al-Shaykh, Tim Supple
E-bok, 2014
305 kr
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One of the world''s great folk story-cycles adapted for the stage by leading theatre maker Tim Supple, from the stories written by the seminal Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh. This unique edition will unlock the ancient tales for a new generation of readers and performers. Written by Arabic …
Locust and the Bird
My Mother's Story
Häftad, 2010
216 kr
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Kamila is nine years old when she is taken from the poverty of her childhood village in southern Lebanon to Beirut. She has never learned to read or write though she longs to go to school. Stories, poetry and film are her passion - and a beautiful boy called Muhammad. They fall in love before …
Only in London
Häftad, 2009
141 kr
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As a flight from Dubai comes into London's Heathrow and hits turbulence, four people from different corners of the Arab world are thrown together: beautiful, lost Lamis, recently divorced from her wealthy Iraqi husband; Nicholas, an expert at Southeby's on Islamic daggers; louche and noisy Amira, a …
Women of Sand and Myrrh
Häftad, 2010
181 kr
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In an unnamed Middle Eastern city, four women from different social and cultural backgrounds tell their story. There is Suha, an educated Lebanese woman brought to the desert by her husband; Tamr, who must fight against male rule to educate herself; Suzanne, captivated by the men and the mystery of …
Locust and the Bird
My Mother's Story
E-bok, 2010
221 kr
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A richly woven and breathtaking memoir from the perspective of the author''s own mother: a Radio 4 Book of the Week ''It is an extraordinarily brave act for a writer to undertake to inhabit, fully and sympathetically, the life her mother lived before she was born, particularly when her mother was …
Women of Sand and Myrrh
E-bok, 2010
179 kr
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In an unnamed Middle Eastern city, four women from different social and cultural backgrounds tell their story. There is Suha, an educated Lebanese woman brought to the desert by her husband; Tamr, who must fight against male rule to educate herself; Suzanne, captivated by the men and the mystery of …
One Thousand and One Nights
E-bok, 2011
155 kr
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The Arab world''s greatest folk stories re-imagined by the acclaimed Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh ''Magical ... bursting with jinnis and mischief'' Donna Tartt ''One of the finest writers of her generation'' Financial Times One Thousand and One Nights are the never-ending stories told by …
Occasional Virgin
Häftad, 2019
126 kr
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Yvonne and Huda have come a long way. Attractive, successful and glamorous, their brilliant ascent has flung them far from Lebanon, and each other. Now it’s only on their rarely snatched holidays that the friends can catch up. As they swim, drink and talk by the glittering Italian Riviera, Huda and …
Occasional Virgin
E-bok, 2018
123 kr
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Yvonne and Huda have come a long way. Attractive, successful and glamorous, their brilliant ascent has flung them far from Lebanon, and each other. Now it''s only on their rarely snatched holidays that the friends can catch up. As they swim, drink and talk by the glittering Italian Riviera, Huda …
Kvinnorna från myrrans land
Inbunden, 1998
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
295 kr
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I ett icke namngivet arabiskt ökenland möts det gamla och det nya i en ohelig allians. Den nya penningekonomin drar till sig människor från världens alla hörn. Kvinnorna från myrrans land är en fängslande roman som utspelar sig i denna miljö. Fyra kvinnor med olika bakgrund berättar om sina liv: …
