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The cheapest nights, and other stories
Yusuf Idris; translated from the Arabic by Wadida Wassef
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Three Continents Press, 1989.
ISBN: 0894106651   LCC: PJ7838  

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Translation of: Arkha.s layali.

The cheapest nights -- You are everything to me -- The errand -- Hard
up -- The queue -- The funeral ceremony -- All on a summer's night --
The caller in the night -- The dregs of the city -- Did you have to
turn on the light, Li-Li? -- Death from old age -- Bringing in the
bride -- The shame -- Because the Day of Judgement never comes -- The
freak.

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LCC Number: PJ7838

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: xi, 196 p. ; 22 cm.

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