A Retired Gentleman: And Other Stories

by Issa J. Boullata

After a lifetime working as a professor of Arabic literature and a translator of contemporary Arab authors into English, Issa J. Boullata now regales his readers with a rich medley of tales that will continue to resonate long after the book is put down. His characters are mainly migrants to Canada and the USA from Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt and Syria, starting their lives again, dealing with their memories, with pasts that cannot be recalled, with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 095496666X
• ISBN13: 9780954966669
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Banipal Publishing
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"