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Tablet and Pen – Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East Hardcover - 2010
by Aslan, Reza (Editor)
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- Hardcover
This volume celebrates the magnificent achievement of 20th-century Middle Eastern literature that has been neglected in the English-speaking world.
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Details
- Title Tablet and Pen – Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East
- Author Aslan, Reza (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 688
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W W Norton & Co Inc, New York
- Date 2010
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1-0393065855
- ISBN 9780393065855 / 0393065855
- Weight 2.35 lbs (1.07 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.9 in (23.62 x 16.00 x 4.83 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Middle East, Middle Eastern literature - 20th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010032679
- Dewey Decimal Code 808.899
From the rear cover
Featuring marvelous translations of works from countries as diverse as Morocco and Iran, Turkey and Pakistan, Tablet and Pen finally endows twentieth-century Middle Eastern literature with a primacy in the English language that it much deserves. Edited by Reza Aslan, this groundbreaking volume features new translations of stories and poems, essays and memoirs from Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu.
"This landmark collection of writings from the modern Middle East reminds us of the region's magnificent and proud literary tradition. That would be gift enough. But the powerful voices within these pages also guide us past clichd perceptions of the region as a hotbed for militants and extremists and bring to life the hopes, aspirations, and struggles--indeed the common humanity--of one of the world's most diverse and fascinating regions." --Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner
INCLUDES THE WRITINGS OF:
Kahlil Gibran, Tawfiq al-Hakim, Nzim Hikmet, Ismat Chughtai, Muhammad Iqbal, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Forugh Farrokhzad, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, Yasar Kemal, Ghassan Kanafani, Mahmoud Darwish, Adonis, Ahmad Shamloo, Naguib Mahfouz, Orhan Pamuk
"This landmark collection of writings from the modern Middle East reminds us of the region's magnificent and proud literary tradition. That would be gift enough. But the powerful voices within these pages also guide us past clichd perceptions of the region as a hotbed for militants and extremists and bring to life the hopes, aspirations, and struggles--indeed the common humanity--of one of the world's most diverse and fascinating regions." --Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner
INCLUDES THE WRITINGS OF:
Kahlil Gibran, Tawfiq al-Hakim, Nzim Hikmet, Ismat Chughtai, Muhammad Iqbal, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Forugh Farrokhzad, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, Yasar Kemal, Ghassan Kanafani, Mahmoud Darwish, Adonis, Ahmad Shamloo, Naguib Mahfouz, Orhan Pamuk
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Citations
- Booklist, 11/15/2010, Page 8
- Choice, 03/01/2012, Page 0
- Library Journal, 10/01/2010, Page 76
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 06/01/2010, Page 66
- Publishers Weekly, 10/11/2010, Page 27