I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops ;; stories by Hanan al-Shaykh; translated by Catherine Cobham

al-Shaykh, Hanan; (Shaykh); Cobham, Catherine

ISBN 10: 0385491271 / ISBN 13: 9780385491273

Published by Anchor Books, Doubleday, New York, 1998

About this Item

Octavo in multi-color blue and orange decorated wraps; 267 p.; 21 cm. A paperback original. Short Stories by this Lebanese woman writer now living in London. Hana al-Shaykh also wrote: Women of Sand and Myrrh; and The Story of Zahra; and Beirut Blues. Contents:A season of madness -- The spirit is engaged now (Do you want to hold?) -- The marriage fair -- The land of dreams -- Place de la catastrophe -- I don't want to grow up -- I sweep the sun off rooftops -- The funfair -- The white peacock of Holland Park -- An unreal life -- The scratching of angels' pens -- Cupid complaining to Venus -- Qut al-Qulub -- The holiday -- Do you know someone who can teach me the piano? -- The keeper of the virgins -- The land of the sun. Very Fine First U.S. edition, first printing (full number line).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops ;; stories by Hanan al-Shaykh; translated by Catherine Cobham
• Publisher: Anchor Books, Doubleday, New York
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385491271
• ISBN 13: 9780385491273
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature, Fiction, Drama & Poetry

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Synopsis

Since the U.S. publication of Women of Sand and Myrrh--which has now sold more than 35,000 copies and was selected as one of the Fifty Best Books of 1992 by Publishers Weekly--Hanan al-Shaykh has attracted an ever larger following for her dazzling tales of contemporary Arab women. In these seventeen short stories--eleven of which are appearing in English for the first time--al-Shaykh expands her horizons beyond the boundaries of Lebanon, taking us throughout the Middle East, to Africa, and finally to London. Stylistically diverse, her stories are often about the shifting and ambiguous power relationships between different cultures--as well as between men and women. Often compared to both Margaret Atwood and Margaret Drabble, Hanan al-Shaykh is "a gifted and courageous writer" (Middle Eastern International).

About the Author

Hanan al-Shaykh, an award-winning journalist, novelist, and playwright, is the author of the short story collection I Sweep the Sun off Rooftops; the novels One Thousand and One Nights, The Story of Zahra, Women of Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues, and Only in London; and a memoir about her mother, The Locust and the Bird. She was raised in Beirut, educated in Cairo, and lives in London.