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041 1 _aeng
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050 0 4 _aPJ7808.Z22
_bA513 1989
082 1 4 _aFic
100 1 _aAbū Zayd, Laylá,
_d1950-
240 1 0 _aʻĀm al-fīl.
_lEnglish
245 1 0 _aYear of the elephant :
_ba Moroccan woman's journey toward independence, and other stories /
_cby Leila Abouzeid ; translation from the Arabic by Barbara Parmenter ; introduction by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea.
260 _aAustin, Tex. :
_bCenter for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin,
_cc1989.
300 _a103 p. :
_bill., map ;
_c22 cm.
490 1 _aModern Middle East literature in translation series
500 _aIncludes glossary.
530 _aAlso issued online.
546 _aTranslated from Arabic.
505 0 0 _tYear of the elephant (novella) --
_gShort stories.
_tA house in the woods --
_tA vacation --
_tThe discontented --
_tDivorce /
_gtranslated by Salah-dine Hammoud --
_tSilence --
_tDinner in the black market --
_tThe stranger --
_tOut of work.
520 _a"In this moving fictional treatment of a Muslim woman's life, a personal and family crisis impells the heroine to reexamine traditional cultural attitudes toward women. Cast out and divorced by her husband, she finds herself in a strange new world. Both obstacles and support systems change as she actively participates in the struggle for Moroccan independence from France. This feminist novel is a literary statement in a modern realist style. Many novels by women of the Middle East that have been translated reflect Western views, values, and education. By contrast, Year of the Elephant is uniquely Moroccan and emerges from North African Islamic culture itself. Its subtle juxtaposition of past and present, of immediate thought and triggered memory, reflects the heroine's interior conflict between tradition and modern demands. The title refers to a famous battle described in the Koran."--Website of University of Texas Press (Oct. 31, 2010).
651 0 _aMiddle East
_xSocial life and customs
_vFiction.
651 0 _aMorocco
_xSocial life and customs
_vFiction.
651 0 _aMorocco
_xHistory
_y20th century
_vFiction.
650 0 _aWomen
_zMorocco
_xSocial conditions
_vFiction.
650 0 _aArabic fiction
_vTranslations into English.
700 1 _aFernea, Elizabeth Warnock,
_d1927-2008.
830 0 _aModern Middle East literatures in translation series.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/texas051/89062509.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/texas041/89062509.html
942 _cBOOK
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999 _c11550
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