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Home coming : sixty years of Egyptian short stories / selected and translated by Denys Johnson-Davies.

Contributor Johnson-Davies, Denys.

Imprint:Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2012.

Descriptionvii, 359 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Secrets / Ibrahim Abdel Meguid -- Grandad Hasan / Yahya Taher Abdullah -- Homecoming / Yusuf Abu Rayya -- In the place for prayers / Mohammed Afifi -- At the level crossing / Abbas Ahmed -- Sylvia / Ahmed Alaidy -- The report of Mrs. R. concerning the last day of the week / Radwa Ashour -- Drops of lemon juice / Ibrahim Aslan -- The palm tree my aunt loved / Hana Atia -- Sundown / Shukri Ayyad -- A small white mouse / Salwa Bakr -- The days of the black cat / Rehab Bassam -- The room next door / Mohamed El-Bisatie -- A house for my children / Mahmoud Diab -- Hashish steals the night / Shehata al-Erian -- Eyes staring into space / Mansoura Ez Eldin -- The dancer / Shawqi Faheem -- A place under the dome / Abdul Rahman Fahmy -- The story of black knight / Hosam Fakhr -- Red and white / Ibrahim Farghali -- The accusation / Suleiman Fayyad -- A dog / Hamdy el-Gazzar -- The old clothes man / Fathy Ghanem -- A visit / Gamal al-Ghitani -- Put out those lights / Yousef Gohar -- Cairo is a small city / Nabil Gorgy -- The girls and the rooster / Abdou Gubeir -- Mother of the destitute / Yahya Hakki -- The old man / Gamil Atia Ibrahim -- Across three beds in the afternoon / Sonallah Ibrahim -- The chair carrier / Yusuf Idris -- Undoing the spell / Said al-Kafrawi -- Birds' footsteps in the sand / Edwar al-Kharrat -- The man who saw the sole of his left foot in a cracked mirror / Lutfi al-Khouli -- A murder long ago / Naguib Mahfouz -- The arrival / Mohamed Makhzangi -- The guard's chair / Mohamed Makhzangi -- A lover / Mohamed Makhzangi -- The man with the mustache and the bow tie / Mohamed Makhzangi -- The son, the father, and the donkey / Sabri Moussa -- Naked he went off / Mohamed Mustagab -- The whistle / Abd al-Hakim Qasim -- The dental crown / Youssef Rakha -- Another evening at the club / Alifa Rifaat -- Paradise itself / Mahmoud al-Saadani -- For the love of God / Abdul Hamid Gouda al-Sahhar -- The snooper / Mekkawi Said -- The lost suitcase / Abdel-Moneim

Note:Selim -- The clock / Khairy Shalaby -- The man and the farm / Yusuf Sharouni -- The mother / Ibrahim Shukrallah -- The country boy / Yusuf al-Sibai -- Useless cats / Bahaa Taher -- The house of the spinster / Sahar Tawfiq -- Abu Arab / Mahmoud Teymour -- Thirst / Mahmoud Al-Wardani -- The picture / Latifa al-Zayyat.

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Johnson-Davies, Denys.
Title:
Homecoming
Series Statement
Modern Arabic literature
Subject:
Short stories, Arabic -- Egypt -- Translations into English.
Arabic fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English.
Arabic fiction -- 21st century -- Translations into English.
Egypt -- Fiction.
Series Added Entry-Uniform title
Modern Arabic literature.