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Hanan Al-Shaykh
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I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops |
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English |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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288 |
| Date: |
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2002-08-05 |
| ISBN: |
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0747561311 |
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
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0.49 pounds |
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5.0 x 0.71 x 7.8 inches |
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At the intersection of tradition and modernity, East and West, childhood and adulthood, Hanan al-Shaykh's characters find their way through the shifting and ambiguous power relationships that shape the landscape of the modern Arab world. A woman feigns insanity to escape from an empty marriage, only to have her plans backfire; a young Danish missionary finds herself slowly and inexorably drawn into the world of the Yemeni village where she has been stationed; and a woman's lighthearted attempt to contact the world of the dead turns serious when she encounters the spirit of her late husband. At once clever and evocative, I SWEEP THE SUN OFF ROOFTOPS is a collection of great insight, wit and poignancy, placing Hanan al-Shaykh among the foremost cosmopolitan writers of our time.
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