Oranges in the Sun: Short Stories from the Arabian Gulf
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (788 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0894108697 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 239 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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’Abd Allah Husayn penned the haunting An Encounter, about an elderly shawarma seller who is contemplating suicide and considers war a way to get the blood circulating and thin a population. Bahah’s A Parting Shot showcases the plight of women in the Middle East but ends on a bright note of independence. In Shelter, Ibrahim Nassir al-Humaydan reveals how violence in Iraq sears the lives of parents and children. --Katherine Boyle . In A Crisis at Sea, ‘Ali Muhammad Rashid highlights filial bonds in a tale of pearl divers who must decide how to divide their harvest after their captain dies at sea. Muhammad O. Whether realistic or whimsical, full of hope or full of doubt, the works in this collection, some not quite ripe,
"Short Stories from the Arabian Gulf" according to H. Sidky. Oranges in the Sun is the third volume complied, edited and translated by Akers and Bagadar. I have read their earlier collections, They Die Strangers (2002) and Voices of Change (1998), and eagerly looked forward to this new volume. Here they have painstakingly amassed a representative sample of the short story genre from the entire Gulf region that capture the unique perspectives of the authors of the stories. Written by male and female. Great intro to modern Arabian literature These are short stories and vary in quality -- but it was something of a page-turner for me. The stories are only a few pages long, and tell such different tales, that it's hard to capture the thrill of discovery as you move from one to the next.
The stories in Oranges in the Sun capture a distinctly unique vision of the world, embodying the range of emotional and material concerns of the peoples of the Arab Gulf region. The introduction to the collection provides historical context, as well as a broad overview of the selections.. Drawn from the increasingly rich literatures of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait , the stories also reflect the development of the short-story genre in the region
Akers, assistant professor of anthropology at Miami University, and Abubaker A. Bagader, professor of sociology at King Abdulaziz University, have collaborated in the editing and translation of Voices of Change: Short Stories by Saudi Arabian Women Writers, They Die Strangers: Selected Works by Abdul-Wali, and Whispers from the Heart: Short Stories from Saudi Arabia. . Deborah S