Fate of a Cockroach and Other Plays (Three Continents Press)

Tawfiq Al-Hakim

ISBN 10: 0894101978 / ISBN 13: 9780894101977

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1980

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fate of a Cockroach and Other Plays (Three Continents Press)
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0894101978
• ISBN 13: 9780894101977
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Includes The Song of Death, The Sultan's Dilemma, and Not a Thing Out of Place, as well as the title play, an absurdist comedy.

About the Author

Tawfiq al-Hakim is Egypt's most famous playwright, as well as one of its most important essayists and novelists. His clear and unaffected style has contributed to the formation of modern Arabic. The late Denys Johnson-Davies published more than twenty-five volumes of stories, novels, plays, and poetry translated from modern Arabic literature. He lives in Cairo.