The Essential Yusuf Idris

The Essential Yusuf IdrisA carefully curated collection of short story masterpieces from the "genius of the short story" (Tawfiq al Hakim) and the Arab world's greatest short story writer of the twentieth century, now available in paperback ''Like the Russian aristocrats of Chekhov, the provincial bourgeoisie of Flaubert, or the Ibo villagers of Achebe, Idris raises his authentic characters into convincing types within their context: he makes us live their agonies and

” While traveling by train to a long-overdue doctor’s appointment

animal mortalities

stands out as an influential Protestant leader of this era

shaping individuals themselves

identifying significant concerns both for policymakers and practitioners

and hypocrisy among the Gilded Age’s upper crust

These large carnivores can cause predictable conflicts by preying on livestock

which expands the notion of media control from the suppression of journalism to its manipulation

" the differences between Wu

Is life on other planets inevitable

wanted to visit it as well

The film drew the ire of censors for its frank portrayal of the violence faced by Russian Jews in the wake of the revolution