Sign-In
Cart
Mikhail Naimy: Once Upon A Time
Paperback
Please select the version of book you would like to purchase.
ISBN13: 9798847538725
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 21 2022
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 21 2022
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
There are six short stories included in this book: The Cuckoo Clock, Her New Year, The Barren Woman, The Amulet, His Excellency, The Bey and Shorty. Through the stories, which are both entertaining and didactic, Naimy emerges as a social reformer, a rebel, a peace maker, a defender of women's rights, and a wise man. He transports us into a magical world of charm and mystery blended with folklore, tradition, and superstitious beliefs.
Some of the stories deal with the topic of immigration, especially to America, the Land of Opportunity, where it was believed that Money grew on trees. Besides immigration, Naimy addresses other critical topics, which were pertinent to his contemporary readers and also to readers universally. Topics like war and its evil effects, love and its implications and rewards, faith and superstition, marriage, children and infertility are all introduced and developed in this book.
Naimy warns us of the material trappings of the West while simultaneously criticizing the antiquated and false superstitious beliefs of the villagers in the East, especially in regards to women and children. Ultimately, Naimy advises us to stay with the land, for the closer you remain to it, the happier you will be; the more distant you are from your land, the more detached you will be from your roots and your faith.
Naimy warns us of the material trappings of the West while simultaneously criticizing the antiquated and false superstitious beliefs of the villagers in the East, especially in regards to women and children. Ultimately, Naimy advises us to stay with the land, for the closer you remain to it, the happier you will be; the more distant you are from your land, the more detached you will be from your roots and your faith.
Also from
El-Hage, George Nicolas
Nizar Qabbani: Women in My Poetry and in My Life: Translated into English with an Introduction
El-Hage, George Nicolas
Paperback
$36.30
Mikhail Naimy: al-Ghirbal (The Sieve): Selections Translated into English with an Introduction
El-Hage, George Nicolas
Paperback
$48.30
Mikhail Naimy: Abu Batta and Other Stories: Translated into English with an Introduction
El-Hage, George Nicolas
Paperback
$48.30
A Companion Book to marHaba II: English Translation & Transliteration of All Lessons in marHaba II
El-Hage, George Nicolas
Paperback
$38.20
A Brief History of Arabic Literature: Volume One: Pre-Islamic to the Abbaasid Age
El-Hage, George Nicolas
Paperback
$42.30
Mabrouk: A Course in Modern Standard Arabic (Elementary & Intermediate Levels)
El-Hage, George Nicolas
Paperback
$52.92
Ameen al-Rihani's The Register of Repentance: Four Short Stories and a Play
El-Hage, George Nicolas
Paperback
$36.30
A Brief History of Arabic Literature: Volume Two: Andalusia to the Modern Age
El-Hage, George Nicolas
Paperback
$42.30
Also in
General Fiction
Elizabeth Spencer: Novels & Stories (Loa #344): The Voice at the Back Door / The Light in the Piazza / Knights and Dragons / Stories
Spencer, Elizabeth
Hardcover
$38.00
Anniversaries, Volume 2: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl, April 1968-August 1968
Johnson, Uwe
Paperback
From $14.99
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts
Plath, Sylvia
Paperback
$9.50
Selected Writings: Robert Musil: Young Torless, Three Women, the Perfecting of a Love, and Other Writings
Agee, Joel
Musil, Robert
Paperback
$79.43
Before Gatsby: The First Twenty-Six Stories
Baughman, Judith
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Bruccoli, Matthew J.
Paperback
$50.74