Houses behind the trees
1st University of Texas Press ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Johnson-Davies, Denys. - Contributor
Publication
1998 - University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas
Language
English
Word Count
26,250 words, Guess
Page Count
105 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL703846M
- ISBN-100292720955
- OCLC Control Number38168343
- OCLC Control Numberhousesbehindtree00bisa
- Library of Congress Control Number97053237
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- Goodreads2567796
- LibraryThing3451818
Classifications
- DDC892.736
- LCCPJ7816.I76 H68 1998
Description
Set in a small village in the Egyptian Delta, El-Bisatie's finely tuned novella illustrates the social and sexual tensions in a community in which nothing is secret and where people's pasts haunt their present. When Mussad catches the butcher's son Amer with his wife, the whole village knows and waits with bated breath for Mussad to exact his revenge. But something goes wrong. Mussad's ill-planned schemes are choked by an opaque veil of history - his wife's sexual past, the war-torn lives of their families, and the personal allegiances of his friends and enemies. The village women relive private desires and inner fears as the men take sides in the struggle, either to protect Amer from Mussad's wrath or to help Mussad track down and confront his nemesis.
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