The Modern Arabic Short Story

Shahrazad Returns

• Author(s): Mohammad Shaheen,
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Pages: 158
• ISBN_10: 1349077704
  ISBN_13: 9781349077700
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century , Literary Criticism / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative ,

Description:... Far from being social, orthodox or merely anecdotal, modern Arabic fiction is in fact significant and radical in the world context of modern fiction, as this book shows. It includes an introduction to and critique of the short story as well as a selection of Arabic short stories, chosen and translated by the author.