{"product_id":"the-anchor-of-modern-arabic-fiction-pre-owned","title":"The Anchor of Modern Arabic Fiction (pre-owned)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePrice: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e 25 AED\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Like new\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e9781400079766\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eEdited 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 influence at the end of the nineteenth century to the present-day flowering of Naguib Mahfouz’s literary sons and daughters. Among the Egyptian writers who laid the foundation for the Arabic literary renaissance are the great Tawfik al-Hakim; the short story pioneer Mahmoud Teymour; and Yusuf Idris, who embraced Egypt’s vibrant spoken vernacular. An excerpt from the Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih’s novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSeason of Migration to the North,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e one of the Arab world’s finest, appears alongside the Libyan writer Ibrahim al-Koni’s tales of the Tuaregs of North Africa, the Iraqi writer Mohamed Khudayir’s masterly story “Clocks Like Horses,” and the work of such women writers as Lebanon’s Hanan al-Shaykh and Morocco’s Leila Abouzeid.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kutubna Cultural Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52638782357786,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/5561\/7562\/files\/Screenshot2026-08-06113144.png?v=1786001514","url":"https:\/\/www.kutubna.ae\/ar\/products\/the-anchor-of-modern-arabic-fiction-pre-owned","provider":"Kutubna Cultural Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}