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Rings of Burnished Brass: And Other Stories
by
Yusuf Idris
Four stories by the egyptian writer Yusuf Idris(1927-1991). Idris won the 1997 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for his novel City of Love and Ashes. It includes an excellent and thoughtful introduction on the stories by the translator Catherine Coburn.
The four stories are:
1. The Stranger1961), a "... story of a young boy´s relationship with an outlaw and a murderer in...more
The four stories are:
1. The Stranger1961), a "... story of a young boy´s relationship with an outlaw and a murderer in...more
Paperback, 142 pages
Published
March 1st 1992
by American University in Cairo Press
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Egyptian writer, Yufus Idris, first published these four remarkable stories in the 1960s. They have a strong psychological focus, following in close detail the subtly changing moods of his characters, all of them caught in moments of high emotion and suspense. The situations in his stories are often not clear until after many paragraphs, as we are thrown suddenly into the middle of the action - a husband's discovery of a strange man with his wife, a young man catching an older woman who is about...more
The earlier stories sound more like Naguib Mahfouz, but as one progresses through the stories it becomes clear that Idris has his own, darker and very distinctive voice.
The Stranger is an outlaw that appears in the dream-like countryside of World war II Egypt like a genie of human appearance and an inhuman half-human, half animal nature. The adolescent narrator is fascinated with what he imagines is the life of the outlaw and dreams of turning into a child of the night. Ultimately he realizes he...more
The Stranger is an outlaw that appears in the dream-like countryside of World war II Egypt like a genie of human appearance and an inhuman half-human, half animal nature. The adolescent narrator is fascinated with what he imagines is the life of the outlaw and dreams of turning into a child of the night. Ultimately he realizes he...more
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See also يوسف إدريس .
Yusuf Idris, also Yusif Idris (Arabic: يوسف إدريس)(May 19, 1927 - August 1, 1991) was an Egyptian writer of plays, short stories, and novels. He wrote realistic stories about ordinary and poor people. Many of his works are in the Egyptian vernacular, and he was considered a master of the short story. Idris originally trained to be a doctor, studying at the University of Cair...more
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Yusuf Idris, also Yusif Idris (Arabic: يوسف إدريس)(May 19, 1927 - August 1, 1991) was an Egyptian writer of plays, short stories, and novels. He wrote realistic stories about ordinary and poor people. Many of his works are in the Egyptian vernacular, and he was considered a master of the short story. Idris originally trained to be a doctor, studying at the University of Cair...more
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