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BL
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1090861
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bc1010468
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English
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| Main Entry
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Starkey, Paul,1947-
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| Title & Author
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Sonallah Ibrahim : : rebel with a pen /\ Paul Starkey.
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| Publication Statement
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Edinburgh :: Edinburgh University Press,, [2016]
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, ©2016
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| Series Statement
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Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature
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1 online resource (xii, 231 pages)
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| ISBN
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9781474405799
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: 1474405797
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: 9781474405805
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9780748641321
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0748641327
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9781474405805
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) and index.
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| Contents
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Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Background and Context; 2. Rebel with a Pen; 3. Cairo Prison: Tilka al-raʼiha (1966); 4. Michelangelo and the Dam: Najmat Aghustus (1974); 5. CocaColaland: al-Lajna (1981); 6. War in Lebanon: Bayrut Bayrut (1984); 7. Consumer Society: Dhat (1994); 8. Prison of Dishonour: Sharaf (1997); 9. Widening Horizons (1): Sex, Memory and Revolution: Warda (2000); 10. Widening Horizons (2): In the Land of the Capitalists: Amrikanli (2003); 11. Return to Childhood: al-Talassus (2007); 12. The French Connection: al-ʿAmama wa-al-Qubbaʿa (2008) and al-Qanun al-Faransi (2008); 13. Filling a Gap: al-Jalid (2011); 14. Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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An introduction to the novels of the contemporary Egyptian author Sonallah Ibrahim. Sonallah Ibrahim is one of the most important Arabic novelists of the modern era, with an unrivalled reputation for independence and integrity among contemporary Egyptian writers. Here, each of the author's novels is discussed individually, beginning with the seminal Tilka al-ra'iha [That Smell] (1966) and ending with al-Jalid [Ice] (2011), with each work discussed in its literary, social, historical and political context. The volume traces the evolution of Sonallah Ibrahim's work both thematically and in terms of his literary technique, and concludes with an attempt at an overall evaluation of the author's contribution to the contemporary Egyptian novel. Paul Starkey's account shows how innovative and stylistically rich the Arabic novel has become over a period of some fifty years, beyond the better-known work of writers such as Naguib Mahfouz and Yusuf Idris. As such, the volume will serve as an introduction not only to the individual author but also to the development of Egyptian (and, more generally, Arabic) literature over the last half century.
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Ibrāhīm, Ṣunʻ Allāh-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Ibrāhīm, Ṣunʻ Allāh.
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Ibrāhīm, Ṣunʿallāh, 1937-
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Andrae, A.
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Arabic literature-- Egypt-- History and criticism.
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Arabic literature-- History and criticism.
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Littérature égyptienne moderne (arabe)-- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature arabe-- Histoire et critique.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS-- General.
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Arabic literature.
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Egypt.
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Ägypten
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| Dewey Classification
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892.7/36
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| LC Classification
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PJ7838.B7173Z86 2016eb
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| NLM classification
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EN 3513rvk
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