{"product_id":"blindness-and-autobiography-alayyam-of-taha-husayn-9780691609324","title":"Blindness and Autobiography  AlAyyam of Taha","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe three-volume life-story of the Egyptian intellectual Tahah Husayn (1889-1973) is a landmark in modern autobiography, in Arabic letters, and in the literature of blindness. This justly celebrated text, however, has never been subjected to the sustained literary analysis here presented by Fedwa Malti-Douglas. Born into a modest family and blinded\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter One. Blindness I: Recognition, pg. 19*Chapter Two. Blindness II: Conflict, pg. 32*Chapter Three. Blindness III: Resolution, pg. 41*Chapter Four. Power, pg. 66*Chapter Five. Traditional\/Modern, East\/West, pg. 75*Chapter Six. Narration, pg. 93*Chapter Seven. Blind Writing, Blind Rhetoric, pg. 113*Chapter Eight. Humor, pg. 124*Chapter Nine. Narrative Techniques, pg. 144*Chapter Ten. Time, pg. 173*Works Cited, pg. 185*Index, pg. 193","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403952496983,"sku":"9780691609324","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/blindness-and-autobiography-alayyam-of-taha-husayn-9780691609324","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}