The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction

This dazzling anthology features the work of seventy-nine outstanding writers from all over the Arab-speaking world from Morocco in the west to Iraq in the east Syria in the north to Sudan in the south.Edited by Denys Johnson-Davies called by Edward Said the leading Arabic-to-English translator of our time this treasury of Arab voices is diverse in styles and concerns but united by a common language. It spans the full history of modern Arabic literature from its roots in western cultural influen...See More