Mahfouz's portrait of a typical Egyptian citizen, accumulated in a series of short takes, presents him as he struggles to adapt to the changing world as the nature of the government, the position of women, and the kind of education available all undergo radical transformations.
This collection contains affectionate and witty pieces that offer a socially critical and humanistic portrait of daily life in the cities and small towns of West Africa.
This work explores the methodological and theoretical problems faced by creative writers in the Pacific, discussing the native author's dilemma in expressing ideas generally unfamiliar to Westerners, and the problems that foreign critics and readers have when evaluating works by Pacific authors.
The only child of the last chief of Makawana village, Maiba struggles to hold her people together in face of the polarizing forces of convention and modernization. Both protective and painfully aware of the weaknesses of her own community, Maiba acquires the wisdom she needs to face the future.
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