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Saud al-Sanousi's Saaq al-Bambuu: The Authorized Abridged Edition for Students of Arabic

Saud al-Sanousi's Saaq al-Bambuu: The Authorized Abridged Edition for Students of Arabic

Assaf, Tanit
Familiar, Laila
Al-Sanousi, Saud

Paperback

Arabic

ISBN10: 1626163855
ISBN13: 9781626163850
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: Nov 1 2016
Pages: 392
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Saaq al-Bambuu (The Bamboo Stalk) by Kuwaiti novelist Saud al-Sanousi provides students at the intermediate-advanced Arabic language level the opportunity to engage with an award-winning work of contemporary fiction. This abridged version has been approved by the author, authenticating the richness of a text that offers students the means to develop vocabulary and reading fluency while sensitizing them to the stylistics of the language.

The novel is a coming-of-age story of a half-Filippino, half-Kuwaiti teen who returns to his father's Kuwait. There, he explores his own identity as a poor Filipino in a culture he does not know well and receives a mixed welcome from his own wealthy relatives. Universal concepts of identity, faith, belonging, poverty/wealth, and otherness are explored through a poetic narrative and engaging plot that will keep students captivated from the first line to the very last page.

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