The Essential Yusuf Idris
| Author/creator | Johnson-Davies, Denys Editor |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cairo : American University in Cairo Press Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated [Distributor] |
| Description | 244 p. 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Summary | Annotation Yusuf Idris (1927-91), who belonged to the same generation of pioneering Egyptian writers as Naguib Mahfouz and Tawfiq al-Hakim, is widely celebrated as the father of the Arabic short story, just as Mahfouz is considered the father of the Arabic novel. Idris studied medicine and practiced as a doctor, but even as a student his interests were in politics and the support of the nationalist struggle, and in writing - and his writing, whether in his regular newspaper columns or in his fiction,often reflected his political convictions. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature more than once, and when the prize went to Naguib Mahfouz in 1988, Idris felt that he had been passed over because of his outspoken views on Israel. In all, Yusuf Idris wrote some twelve collections of superbly crafted short stories, mainly about ordinary, poor people, many of which have been translated into English and are included in this collection of the best of his work. But although he is bestknown for his short stories, he also wrote nine plays and a number of novels and novellas, the best of which are also sampled here. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9789774162428 |
| ISBN | 9774162420 (Trade Cloth) Publication Cancelled |
| Standard identifier# | 9789774162428 |
| Stock number | 00006335 |
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