Many of these authors are major literary figures in their own countries and the Arab world, who have broken with taboos and censorship, and established standards of innovation that have encouraged younger generations of authors. Pain, hardship, heartache, humour, identity, joy, loss and strategies for survival are universal themes and all are represented here, writes Peter Clark, who edited and introduces the stories, and is one of the thirteen translators of the volume.

Sardines and Oranges: Short Stories from North Africa

Literature & Fiction

Choukri, Mohamed

Salih, Tayeb

Ez-Eldin BA, Mansoura

Genre Fiction

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Sardines and Oranges: Short Stories from North Africa