MARC Record from marc_columbia

LEADER: 01872cam a2200337Ia 4500
001 10258294
005 20140219114312.0
008 120601s2013 le 000 f ara d
020 $a9786140105232
020 $a6140105234
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn846641433
035 $a(OCoLC)846641433
035 $a(NNC)10258294
040 $aMCCPP$cMCCPP$dOCLCA$dCGU
090 $aPJ7962.A558$bS37 2013
100 1 $6880-01$aSanʻūsī, Saʻūd.
245 10 $6880-02$aSāq al-bāmbū :$briwāyah /$cSaʻūd al-Sanʻūsī.
246 3 $aBamboo stalk
250 $6880-03$aal-Ṭabʻah 4.
260 $6880-04$aBayrūt :$bal-Dār al-ʻArabīyah lil-ʻUlūm Nāshirūn,$c2013.
300 $a396 p. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aNovel.
546 $aIn Arabic.
520 $aJosephine comes to Kuwait from the Philippines to work as a household servant, leaving behind her studies and family, who are pinning their hopes for a better future on her. In the house where she works, she meets Rashid, the spoiled only son of his mother Ghanima and father Issa. After a brief love affair, he decides to marry Josephine, on condition that the marriage remains a secret. But things do not go according to plan. Josephine becomes pregnant with Jose and Rashid abandons them when the child is less than two months old, sending his son away to the Philippines. There he struggles with poverty and clings to the hope of returning to his father's country when he is eighteen.
650 0 $aForeign workers, Filipino$zKuwait$vFiction.
752 $aLebanon$dBeirut.
880 1 $6100-01/r$aسنعوسي، سعود.
880 10 $6245-02/r$aساق البامبو :$bرواية /$cسعود السنعوسي.
880 $6250-03/r$aالطبعة 4.
880 $6260-04/r$aبيروت :$bالدار العربية للعلوم ناشرون،$c2013.
852 00 $bglx$hPJ7962.A558$iS37 2013g