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The Journals of Sarab Affan: A Novel (Middle East Literature In Translation)
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
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Hardcover. Tells the author's love story through alternating journal entries and with a complex layering of voices, revealing how a love affair takes shape through twin perspectives of a famed male novelist and the woman who desires him. Translator(s): Nasr, Ghassan. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Translated with supreme eloquence and sensitivity, this final work by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra is affirmative yet unsettling in its theme of salvation in the face of inevitable loss, alienation, and exile. Jabra tells his love story through alternating journal entries and with a complex layering of voices, revealing how a love affair takes shape through twin perspectives of a famed male novelist and the woman who desires him. Initially he is seen through the text of her journals: from her fascination with his writings until the instant when she arranges their first meeting. Thereafter, Jabra presents the male novelist's point ... Read more
Translated with supreme eloquence and sensitivity, this final work by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra is affirmative yet unsettling in its theme of salvation in the face of inevitable loss, alienation, and exile. Jabra tells his love story through alternating journal entries and with a complex layering of voices, revealing how a love affair takes shape through twin perspectives of a famed male novelist and the woman who desires him. Initially he is seen through the text of her journals: from her fascination with his writings until the instant when she arranges their first meeting. Thereafter, Jabra presents the male novelist's point ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Middle East Literature in Translation
Number of Pages
193
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815608837
SKU
V9780815608837
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About Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra (1920-1994) was a poet, translator, and literary critic. He was also the author of The Ship and In Search of Walid Masoud, the latter also published by Syracuse University Press. Ghassan Nasr is a freelance literary translator, writer, and book editor. He lives in New York City.
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