Roger allen guest editor (2 Ergebnisse)

Trade paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 297 pages; 1983 Columbia University. Single issue journal Volume XI, Fall 1983: Arabic Issue. Larger trade size paperback in glossy title lettered covers. Large section of this issue devoted to translation of contemporary Arabic writers. Appears generally unread and unused. NF.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Columbia University, New York, 1983. Volume XI, Fall 1983. Large-format trade paperback in glossy wrappers. Fine, with only slight wear to the corners; a clean, tight copy. Large 8vo. 297 pp. Special Arabic literature issue guest edited by Roger Allen, containing a substantial selection of contemporary Arabic fiction and poetry in translation, including work by Nawal El Saadawi, Hanan al-Shaykh, Naguib Mahfouz, and numerous other Arabic writers. Also includes three pieces by Italo Calvino translated by William Weaver: "The Giraffe Race," "Reading a Wave," and "On Becoming Angry with the Young," all subsequently incorporated into Calvino's novel Mr. Palomar. An unusually substantial issue of this important journal devoted to international literature in translation. SNS-Ficiton-Poetry. …