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Saud al-Sanousi's Saaq al-Bambuu: The Authorized Abridged Edition for Students of Arabic
Al-Sanousi, Saud. Ed(S): Familiar, Laila; Assaf, Tanit
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Description for Saud al-Sanousi's Saaq al-Bambuu: The Authorized Abridged Edition for Students of Arabic
hardcover. Provides students at the intermediate-advanced Arabic language level the opportunity to engage with an award-winning work of contemporary fiction. This novel is a coming-of-age story of a half-Filippino, half-Kuwaiti teen who returns to his father's Kuwait. Editor(s): Familiar, Laila; Assaf, Tanit. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white halftones, 3 b&w photos, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 693.
Saaq al-Bambuu (The Bamboo Stalk) by Kuwaiti novelist Saud al-Sanousi provides students at the intermediate-advanced Arabic language level the opportunity to engage with an award-winning work of contemporary fiction. This abridged version has been approved by the author, authenticating the richness of a text that offers students the means to develop vocabulary and reading fluency while sensitizing them to the stylistics of the language. The novel is a coming-of-age story of a half-Filippino, half-Kuwaiti teen who returns to his father's Kuwait. There, he explores his own identity as a poor Filipino in a culture he does not know well and ... Read more
Saaq al-Bambuu (The Bamboo Stalk) by Kuwaiti novelist Saud al-Sanousi provides students at the intermediate-advanced Arabic language level the opportunity to engage with an award-winning work of contemporary fiction. This abridged version has been approved by the author, authenticating the richness of a text that offers students the means to develop vocabulary and reading fluency while sensitizing them to the stylistics of the language. The novel is a coming-of-age story of a half-Filippino, half-Kuwaiti teen who returns to his father's Kuwait. There, he explores his own identity as a poor Filipino in a culture he does not know well and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Language
Arabic
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781626163973
SKU
V9781626163973
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About Al-Sanousi, Saud. Ed(S): Familiar, Laila; Assaf, Tanit
Laila Familiar teaches Arabic at NYU-Abu Dhabi and is the author of Hoda Barakat's Sayyidi wa Habibi. Tanit Assaf teaches Arabic at the Official Language School of Barcelona. Saud al-Sanousi is a Kuwaiti novelist and journalist. His work has won several awards, including the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2013) for Saaq al-Bambuu.
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