Translating Libya : The Modern Libyan Short Story

by Chorin, Ethan

• ISBN13: 9780863566479
• ISBN10: 0863566472
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

Part anthology and part travelogue, Translating Libya presents the country through the eyes of sixteen short story writers and one American diplomat. Intrigued by the apparent absence of 'place' in modern Libyan short fiction, Ethan Chorin resolved to track down and translate stories that specifically mention cities and landmarks in Libya.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Acknowledgments	p. 11
Setting the Scene
Putting 'Libya' Back in Libyan Short Fiction	p. 15
In Search of Stories	p. 20
The Stories
Stories from the East
Benghazi and Environs	p. 33
The Good-Hearted Salt Seller	p. 38
Hotel Vienna	p. 46
The Luay and the Rain	p. 54
My Friends When I Die	p. 59
The Yellow Rock	p. 62
The Spontaneous Journey	p. 69
The Mute	p. 76
Stories from the South
The Sultan's Flotilla	p. 95
The Locusts	p. 108
From Door to Door	p. 123
Mill Road	p. 132
Stories from the West
Tripoli and the Old City	p. 141
Caesar's Return	p. 150
The Castle and the Water	p. 156
The Old Hotel or Miloud and Rubina's Story	p. 159
Tripoli Story	p. 177
Special Edition	p. 182
Interpreting the Stories
On the Libyan Short Story	p. 189
Three Generations of Economic Shock	p. 194
Migration	p. 198
Minorities	p. 204
The Libyan Psyche	p. 214
Libyan Women: Moving Backwards, Forwards, or Looking for a Third Way?	p. 219
Author Biographies	p. 227
Bibliography	p. 233
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