Tablet & Pen Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East

by Aslan, Reza

• ISBN13: 9780393340778
• ISBN10: 0393340775
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-21
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

This groundbreaking work spans a century of literature by the region's best writers-from the famed Arab poet Khalil Gibran to the Turkish Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk-bound together not by borders and nationalities but by a common experience of colonial domination and Western imperialism. Best-selling author Reza Aslan has assembled an extraordinary collection of short stories, memoirs, essays, and poems that celebrates the magnificent achievement of twentieth-century Middle Eastern literature. Creating a vital bridge between two estranged cultures, "this is that rare anthology: cohesive, affecting, and informing" ( Publishers Weekly).