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LEADER: 02479cam a22003614a 4500
001 7465686
005 20221201002033.0
008 090616s2009 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2009024362
020 $a9780815609216 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0815609213 (cloth : alk. paper)
024 $a40017264237
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn318874503
035 $a(OCoLC)318874503
035 $a(NNC)7465686
035 $a7465686
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dCDX$dC#P$dOrLoB-B
050 00 $aPS3569.E648$bL68 2009
082 00 $a813/.54$222
100 1 $aSerageldin, Samia.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00038226
245 10 $aLove is like water and other stories /$cSamia Serageldin.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSyracuse, N.Y. :$bSyracuse University Press,$c2009.
300 $aix, 151 pages ;$c21 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aArab American writing
505 00 $tReading Jane Austen in Cairo -- $tThe Modernizing Project of the Egyptian Family -- $tLove Is Like Water -- $tSee Alexandria and Die -- $tThe Worst-Case Scenario -- $tThe Haggana -- $tThe Zawiya -- $tThe Red Sea -- $tThe Mango Orchard -- $tNight Journeys -- $tThat Which Does Not Kill Us -- $tMuslims in the Cul-de-sac -- $tIt's Not About That -- $tLast Word.
520 1 $a"Like the author of this collection of thirteen linked stories, the protagonist, Nadia, was born and raised in Egypt, educated in England, and immigrated to the United States. Samia Serageldin draws her characters out with subtlety and control, moving from the family's garden house in Cairo to the suburbs of North Carolina, yielding powerful portraits of cultural dislocation, faith, and multi-generational conflicts." "The narratives shift in time and place while unfolding through memories. In "The Zawiya," Nadia reflects on the change in women's space from the coiffeur's salon to a religious pulpit as she revisits a childhood ritual. In the title story, Nadia offers a vivid sketch of her grandmother Nanon, "a force of nature" who, as an early widow, single-handedly raised six children and ran the household. At a time when few women experienced such independence. Nanon had a potent influence on the young narrator."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aArab Americans$vFiction.
655 7 $aLove stories.$2gsafd
830 0 $aArab American writing.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00038225
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3569.E648$iL68 2009