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Love is like water and other stories / Samia Serageldin.
- Title
- Love is like water and other stories / Samia Serageldin.
- Author
- Serageldin, Samia.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PS3569.E648 L68 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 151 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "Like the author of this collection of thirteen linked stories, the protagonist, Nadia, was born and raised in Egypt, educated in England, and immigrated to the United States. Samia Serageldin draws her characters out with subtlety and control, moving from the family's garden house in Cairo to the suburbs of North Carolina, yielding powerful portraits of cultural dislocation, faith, and multi-generational conflicts." "The narratives shift in time and place while unfolding through memories. In "The Zawiya," Nadia reflects on the change in women's space from the coiffeur's salon to a religious pulpit as she revisits a childhood ritual. In the title story, Nadia offers a vivid sketch of her grandmother Nanon, "a force of nature" who, as an early widow, single-handedly raised six children and ran the household. At a time when few women experienced such independence. Nanon had a potent influence on the young narrator."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Arab American writing
- Subjects
- ISBN
- 0815609213 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780815609216 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009024362
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries