Mohammad al-Murr
Auteur van The Wink of the Mona Lisa and other stories from the Gulf
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Dubai Tales A Collection of Short Stories by Mohamed Al Murr Volume 1 - In Arabic (2008) 5 exemplaren
Dubai Tales 1 exemplaar
Dubai Tales - Volume 2 - In Arabic 1 exemplaar
Dubai Tales - Volume 3 (In Arabic) 1 exemplaar
al-a'māl al-qasisiyya 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- al-Murr, Mohammad
- Officiële naam
- محمد المر
- Geboortedatum
- 1955
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- United Arab Emirates
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- United Arab Emirates
- Geboorteplaats
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Woonplaatsen
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Syracuse, New York, USA - Opleiding
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
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Snapshots of life in Dubai, I felt like a bit of a fly on the wall with this collection. You really only get brief glimpses, but the result is very realistic and compelling. I have the next address, so will be posting this on Monday.
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- 40
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- #370,100
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- 3.4
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- 2
- ISBNs
- 4
By sally tarbox on 1 December 2017
Format: Paperback
Maybe *2.5 for an uninspiring read.
A collection of 21 short stories set in the United Arab Emirates.
They focus on everyday situations: marriage problems; parents and children; travel... The modern world with its affairs, divorces, career-minded youngsters is juxtaposed with a conservative, religious world.
Although the cover blurb says that each tale 'has a sharp sting in the tail', I have to say I didn't find this at all. They tend to fade away to nothing, and you're left thinking 'is that it?' Might be OK for a mediocre magazine but how they got published is beyond me!… (meer)