6 edition of secret life of Saeed found in the catalog.
Published
2002
by Interlink Books in Brooklyn, N. Y
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-169).
Statement | by Emile Habiby ; translated by Salma Khadra Jayyusi and Trevor LeGassick. |
Genre | Fiction. |
Series | Emerging voices |
Contributions | Jayyusi, Salma Khadra., Le Gassick, Trevor. |
Classifications | |
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LC Classifications | PJ7828.B53 W313 2002 |
The Physical Object | |
Pagination | xxii, 169 p. ; |
Number of Pages | 169 |
ID Numbers | |
Open Library | OL3949153M |
ISBN 10 | 1566564158 |
LC Control Number | 2001039601 |
This bizarrely comical and touching satire of the bumbling innocent, Saeed Pessoptimist, is a classic of Arab literature. At times the style of writing can be difficult to engage with - maybe due to the translation - but it's worth persevering for this touching and infuriating tragicomic tale of a well-assuming but blundering man caught in the middle of two conflicting nations. Get this from a library! The secret life of Saeed: the Pessoptimist. [Imīl Ḥabībī; Salma Khadra Jayyusi; Trevor Le Gassick] -- "This contemporary classic, the story of a Palestinian who becomes a citizen of Israel, combines fact and fantasy, tragedy and comedy. Saeed is .
There is a word that has been hovering around me like a familiar since the morning after the U.S. presidential election. It comes from the title of the Palestinian novelist and politician Emile Habiby’s bizarre and wonderful book, The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist (al-mutasha’il, a mashup of mutafa’il [optimism] and mutasha’im [pessimism]). The Secret Life of Saeed | Established in , Interlink is an independent publishing house that offers a global, cosmopolitan perspective. Our list is devoted to works of literature, history, contemporary politics, travel, art, and cuisine from around the world, often from areas underrepresented in Western media.
The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist – Arab Authors {Review} April 4, Novem | acraftyarab Last night we held our Arabic authors book club, where we gathering to discuss a book we had all previously picked as a group and read since the last time we met, . Books by Emile Habiby. Emile Habiby Average rating 2, ratings reviews shelved 7, times Rate this book. Clear rating. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars * Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author.
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Saeed is the simple soul who sees what goes on around him, but cannot understand why it is so. The bitterness comes with the explanation.
Habiby wrote a devastating satire. His own life paralleled that of Saeed: he was an Arab in Israel, even a member of the Israeli parliament. He wrote this book almost 30 years ago. It is still by: The Secret Life of Saeed proves to be no exception.
While the other three were more serious, Habibi adapted a more lighthearted, ironic type of tone compared to the more serious tone of the previous Arabic novels I've When it comes to Arabic literature, I have learned, that there isn't really style consistency/5. The Secret Life of Saeed the Ill-Fated Pessoptimistby Emile HabibyTHE LITRARY WORK A novel set in Israel from to c.
; published in Arabic (as al-Waqa’i al-gharibah fi ikhtifa Sa’id Abi al-Nahs al-Mutasha’il) inin English in SYNOPSIS In a seriocomic novel, a Palestinian refugee-turned-informer recounts his experiences from the inception of Israel to his escape into. In Secret Life, Professor David M. Jacobs of Temple University takes us into the private world of those abducted by aliens, letting them describe in their own words what it is like to be on interviews with sixty individuals and more than independently corroborated accounts, Secret Life presents the most complete and accurate picture of alien abductions ever compiled/5(83).
In The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist by Emile Habiby, a Palestinian illegally gains re-entry into Israel after the deportation of Palestinian secret life of Saeed book in Saeed eventually gains an advantage, working for the Israelis and living in Israel; He falls in love with Yuaad, whose name means “it.
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