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Sonallah Ibrahim: Rebel with a Pen(Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature)

Sonallah Ibrahim: Rebel with a Pen(Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature)


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This volume is designed as an introduction to the contemporary Egyptian author Sonallah Ibrahim, one of the most important Arabic novelists of the modern era, with an unrivalled reputation for independence and integrity among contemporary Egyptian writers. The first study in any language devoted exclusively to Sonallah Ibrahim, the volume discusses each of the author's novels individually, beginning with the seminal Tilka al-ra'iha [That Smell] (1966) and ending with al-Jalid [Ice] (2011). Each work is discussed individually in its literary, social, historical and political context. The volume traces the evolution of Sonallah Ibrahim's work in terms both of their themes and of their 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.



Table of Contents:
Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Background and Context; 2. Rebel with a Pen; 3. Cairo Prison: Tilka al-raʾiha (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.

About the Author :
Paul Starkey was, until his retirement in 2012, Professor of Arabic and Head of the Arabic Department at Durham University, UK, and Co-Director of the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World. He is currently Vice-President of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. Paul Starkey has published widely in the field of modern Arabic literature, as well as on Middle Eastern travel literature; he was co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (1998) and author of Modern Arabic Literature (EUP, 2006). He has also translated a number of novels and short stories into English, including most recently The Book of the Sultan’s Seal by the Egyptian author Youssef Rakha.

Review :
This finely nuanced, clearly written and comprehensive study introduces readers to the writing of one of Egypt's most prominent, accomplished and controversial writers of fiction in the last half-century--Sonallah Ibrahim.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780748641321
  • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 248
  • Returnable: 03
  • Sub Title: Rebel with a Pen
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0748641327
  • Publisher Date: 17 Jun 2016
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Series Title: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature
  • Weight: 548 gr


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