Description
Book SynopsisMahmoud Shukair''s first major publication in English translation enthralls, surprises and shocks as one of the world''s most original of storytellers excels in exposing the surreal moments in the ordinary and the mundane, the limits of human frustration and patience, and the intricacies of tiny daily obsessive practices.
Brimming with humour that ranges from the funny and the farcical, to satire and black comedy, with a painter''s eye for colour and detail, Shukair''s stories present a unique commentary on the power of the human spirit to see beyond the particular.
The collection includes the author''s two fascinating autobiographical commentaries Hemingway in Jerusalem and My Journey in Writing.
Here is the brilliantly observed clutter and comedy of everyday lives, the lives of ordinary people pushed up against an iron occupation and fighting for survival with all the comic and moving strategems of the human imagination. Shukair''s gif
Table of Contents
Short Storiestranslated by Issa J BoullataShakira's Picture 1Ronaldo's Seat 14Mordechai's Moustache and his Wife's Cats 21My Cousin Condoleezza 36Vignettes 47translated by Issa J BoullataAnd Vignettes 73translated by Elizabeth WhitehouseAnd More Vignettes 87translated by Elizabeth WinslowTalking about Writing 101My Journey in Writing 102translated by Elizabeth WinslowHemingway in Jerusalem 107translated by Christina PhillipsThe Translators 113Acknowledgements 114Banipal Books' Titles 115
