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Hikayat, EPUB eBook

Hikayat EPUB

Edited by Roseanne Saad Khalaf

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From Lebanon's golden age, through years of civil conflict and its aftermath, these women offer a captivating portrait of a country in flux.

Well-known authors such as Emily Nasarallah, Hanan al-Shaykh and Alawiya Sobh, alongside newer voices, share he desire to push boundaries, tackling subjects from the crippling effects of war in past decades, through longing for romantic adventures in a conservative society, to the functioning of families across the divides of emigration and generational conflict.

The characters in these stories are on the brink of something - whether it be religious or social divides, or sexual awakening.

The language reflects the great tension, and the great beauty in their transformation. And the collection as a whole reveals the rich diversity of the complex multi-cultural society out of which these stories have emerged. 'In turn lyrical, sensuous, comic and ironic ... rare and fascinating ...' Independent 'Some truly insightful, engaging work ...' New Statesman

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