I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops - Brossura

Al-Shaykh, Hanan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0747561311 ISBN 13: 9780747561316

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 2002

Riassunto

At the intersection of tradition and modernity, East and West, childhood and adulthood, Hanan al-Shaykh's characters find their way through the shifting and ambiguous power relationships that shape the landscape of the modern Arab world. A woman feigns insanity to escape from an empty marriage, only to have her plans backfire; a young Danish missionary finds herself slowly and inexorably drawn into the world of the Yemeni village where she has been stationed; and a woman's lighthearted attempt to contact the world of the dead turns serious when she encounters the spirit of her late husband. At once clever and evocative, I SWEEP THE SUN OFF ROOFTOPS is a collection of great insight, wit and poignancy, placing Hanan al-Shaykh among the foremost cosmopolitan writers of our time.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0747561311
• ISBN 13: 9780747561316
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288