MER Article Ghalem, A Wife for My Son Ali Ghalem, A Wife for My Son (trans. G. Kazolias) (Chicago: Banner Press, 1985). Pat Aufderheide • 3 min read
Habiby, Saeed, the Ill-Fated Pessoptimist Emile Habiby, Saeed, the Ill-Fated Pessoptimist (New York: Vantage Press, 1982). Stephen Tamari • 5 min read
Sulayman, al-Masalla Nabil Sulayman, al-Masalla [The Obelisk] (Beirut: Dar al-Haqa’iq, 1980). Ulrike Stehli • 4 min read
MER Article Kemal, Anatolian Tales Yaşar Kemal, Anatolian Tales (trans. Thilda Kemal) (London: Writers and Readers, 1983). As the problems of Third World countries have intensified, modern Third World writers, committed to a realistic literary style, have been playing an important role in providing a more comprehensive view of their Shouleh Vatanabadi • 2 min read
MER Article Le Carre, The Little Drummer Girl John Le Carre, The Little Drummer Girl (Random House, 1983). Le Carre has forsaken the world of the Circus and its post-imperial wiles to explore the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, particularly that between the underground agencies of the two sides. The central character is a young E Fred Halliday • 2 min read
MER Article Adnan, Sitt Marie Rose Etel Adnan, Sitt Marie Rose (trans. Georgina Kleege) (Sausalito, CA: Post-Apollo Press, 1982). Lee OBrien • 5 min read
MER Article West Bank Journal Raja Shehadeh, The Third Way: A Journal of Life in the West Bank (London: Quartet Books, 1982). My problem with the newspapers is that I can’t settle on the right time to read them. In the morning they darken the day, at noon they kill my appetite, after lunch they make me sick, and in the evening Anita Vitullo Khoury • 3 min read
