Distant view of a minaret : and other stories

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Title:

Author:

Rif`at, Alīfah.

ISBN:

9780435909123

9780435909130

Personal Author:

Rif`at, Alīfah.

Publication Information:

London : Heinemann Educational, 1985, c1983 (1987 [printing])

Physical Description:

ix, 116 p. ; 20 cm.

Series:

African writers series ; 271.

Series Title:

African writers series ; 271.

General Note:

Originally published: London : Quartet, 1983.

Contents:

Distant view of a minaret -- Bahiyya's eyes -- Telephone call -- Thursday lunch -- An incident in the Ghobashi household -- Badriyya and her husband -- Me and my sister -- Mansoura -- The long night of winter -- My world of the unknown -- At the time of the jasmine -- The flat in Nakshabandi Street -- Degrees of death -- The kite -- Just another day.

Subject Term:

Arabic literature.

Added Author:

Johnson-Davies, Denys.

Copies:

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Library	Material Type	Item Barcode	Shelf Number	Copy	Status
Searching... 1:IIEMSA	1:GEN-BOOK	27382-1002	892.736 D256D 1983	2	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

This collection of short stories admits the reader into a hidden private world, regulated by the call of the mosque. The book provides accounts of death, the lives of women in purdah and the frustrations of everyday life.