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Hunters in a Narrow Street
A NOVEL
Jabra I. Jabra, with an introduction by Roger Allen
“The novel’s plot is riveting.... a well-written and fascinating transcription
of Iraqi and Palestinian life in the late forties. It is a brilliant commentary
upon a specific time and place.”
—INTERNATIONAL FICTION REVIEW
“Provides crisp and, at times, stark descriptions and analyses of a host of
issues and values which dominated Arab political and social and literary
life in the fifties, as represented by the not untypical Baghdad of that
period.” —JOURNAL OF ARABIC LITERATURE
This is a story of multiple conflicts—between Arab and Jew, desert
and city, dictatorship and futile liberal effort, Eastern tradition and
Western innovation. Jabra’s Baghdad is a city filled with strife,
squalor, and frustration; his picture of the brothels, the streets, the
drawing rooms, and the lecture halls is a rich and powerful one,
realistic and profoundly disturbing.
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra (1920–1994) wrote more than fifty works of
fiction, poetry, and criticism, many of which are required reading
at universities throughout the Arab world.
1990/227 pages
ISBN: 0-89410-585-X pb £10.95 / $14.50
The Ship
A NOVEL
Jabra I. Jabra, translated and introduced by
Adnan Haydar and Roger Allen
Jabra’s highly acclaimed novel is a masterful
exploration of the post-1948 Arab
world. As his characters interact on a
ship sailing from Beirut to Europe,
Jabra exposes them to the elements of
spiritual and physical displacement.
1985/200 pages
ISBN: 0-89410-329-6 pb £10.50 / $13.95
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