Tales of Encounter: Three Egyptian Novellas

by Yusuf Idris and يوسف إدريس

Yusuf Idris was undoubtedly one of Egypt's most talented and versatile writers in the second half of the twentieth century. The first two novellas in this volume, Madam Vienna and The Secret of His Power, come from the peak period in his career, the late 1950s and early 1960s, while New York 80 belongs to his late period, the 1980s. Yet something holds these three works together, despite their different periods and their scattered settings: Vienna,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774165624
• ISBN13: 9789774165627
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 7.8"