wyszukanych pozycji: 6
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Farewell Damascus
ISBN: 9781850772958 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) A Farewell to Damascus is both a paean to a beloved homeland, and an ode to human dignity.
A Farewell to Damascus is both a paean to a beloved homeland, and an ode to human dignity.
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45,36 |
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Beirut '75 (C)
ISBN: 9781557283832 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 117 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Ghada Samman's first full-length novel, originally published in Arabic in 1974, is a work prophetically depicting the social and political causes of the Lebanese civil war in 1975. The story opens in a taxi in which we meet the five central characters, each seeking something to give life meaning: security, fame, wealth, dignity, recognition, freedom from fear and tradition-sanctioned, dehumanizing practices. Once they reach the capital city of Beirut, on which they've pinned their hopes, they all discover, man and woman alike, that they are victims of forces either partially or completely...
Ghada Samman's first full-length novel, originally published in Arabic in 1974, is a work prophetically depicting the social and political causes of t...
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175,25 |
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The Night of the First Billion
ISBN: 9780815608295 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 547 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Set in Geneva, Switzerland, around the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, this intricately plotted novel probes the emotional misfortunes of Arab men and women fleeing the horror of war only to find their ways of life constantly challenged by their foreign surroundings. The author's scalding critique of the Lebanese situation resonates with strong sociopolitical issues. Here are telling portraits of class oppression and the role of women in Arab society, the treatments of war and sexuality, of immigration, of cultural assimilation and nationalism. With supreme artistry and insight--and in...
Set in Geneva, Switzerland, around the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, this intricately plotted novel probes the emotional misfortunes of Arab men a...
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76,25 |
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Square Moon: Supernatural Tales
ISBN: 9781557285348 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 203 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Marking collisions and mutations of culture and character, these ten short stories arise at the frontiers where Arabic tradition melds with both the modern European world and a Gothic strata of the supernatural. The resultant mix sparks tensions between the sexes, between identities, and between experimental forms of storytelling and strict narrative.
In Samman's fiction, matchmakers still come to call, but lovers go bungee jumping. A schizophrenic has a discussion with one of his personalities about murder and relationships with women. Avoiding ghosts both real and imagined, a war-exile... Marking collisions and mutations of culture and character, these ten short stories arise at the frontiers where Arabic tradition melds with both the m...
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121,64 |
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Capturing Freedom's Cry: Arab Women Unveil Their Heart
ISBN: 9781982217808 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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100,01 |
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Capturing Freedom's Cry: Arab Women Unveil Their Heart
ISBN: 9781982217785 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
cena:
54,54 |