Saint Theresa and, Sleeping with strangers

�Abd al-Maj�id, Bah�a&#xFFFD (Author). �Abd al-Maj�id, Bah�a&#xFFFD Nawm ma�a al-ghurab�a�. English. (Added Author).

Summary: In these two short novels, Bahaa Abdel Meguid displays the impressive range of his narrative imagination. Set in the lower-class Cairo district of Shubra, Saint Theresa tells the story of two young women, Budour and Sawsan, childhood friend who come of age following the 1967 war. Budour marries a humble tailor named Girgis, but begins an extended affair with his Jewish employer, Luka. Her friend Sawsan goes off to the university, only to fall in love with a dangerous young Marxist named Salim. From the ghost of a mad grandmother to student protests following Egypt's peace treaty with Israel, S.

Record details

ISBN: 9789774163401
ISBN: 9774163400
ISBN: 9781617974472
ISBN: 9781617970610
ISBN: 9781306492430
ISBN: 1617974471
ISBN: 1617970611
ISBN: 1306492432
Physical Description: 1 online resource (203 pages)
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Publisher: Cairo, Egypt : The American University in Cairo Press, 2010.

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General Note:	Multi-User. CatMonthString:june.23
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
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Language Note:	In English; translated from Arabic.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.