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Nestled on the confluence of the Blue and White Niles, the city of Khartoum has, for two centuries, been a focal point for both imperialism and rebellion, a breeding ground for revolutionary fervor, begrudging target for international criticism, and a refuge for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by wars conducted from this city. The Book of Khartoum provides an intimate tour of this city through the eyes of 10 of its best authors, representing a wide array of literary schools and political stances; from the social realism of old Communist stalwarts, to the fantastical abstraction of a new generation of Sudanese writers. No library descriptions found. |
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 Google Books — Loading...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)892.73010826262Literature Literature of other languages Middle Eastern languages Arabic (Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan) Arabic fictionLC ClassificationRatingAverage: (3.67)
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Review of the Comma Press paperback edition (2016), part of the Reading the City series.
This anthology collects 10 short stories from Sudanese writers centering around the topic of the city of Khartoum. The stories and styles have a wide variety and include humour, drama, surrealism, magic realism and historical fiction. The stories include:
1) The Tank by Ahmed al-Malik
2) In the City by Ali al-Makk
3) A Boy Playing with Dolls by Isa al-Hilu
4) It's Not Important, Your From There by Arthur Gabriel Yak
5) Next Eid by Bawadir Bashir
6) Passing by Rania Mamoun
7) The Story of the Girl Whose Birds Flew Away by Bushra al-Fadil
8) The Passage by Mamoun Eltlib
9) The Butcher's Daughter by Abdel Aziz Baraka Sakin
10) The Void by Hammour Ziada
The final story, The Void, has the largest impact as it is a mini-epic in 13 parts in only 16 pages about the defeat of Sudanese Mahdist forces by British and Egyptian forces at the Battle of Omdurman (1898).
My thanks to Comma Press who provided this book as a bonus for my Translation Fiction Online Book Club order of Thirteen Months of Sunrise. (