Description
They Die Strangers, a novella and thirteen short stories, is the first full-length work of the distinguished Yemeni writer Mohammad Abdul-Wali to appear in English. Abdul-Wali died tragically in an aviation accident, and his stories were collected after his death by the translators Abubaker Bagader and Deborah Akers.
Abdul-Wali was born in Ethiopia of Arab Yemeni parents. His stories, filled with nostalgia and the bitterness of exile, deal with the common experiences of Yemenis like himself who are caught between cultures by the displacements of civil war or labor migration. His characters include women left behind, children raised without fathers, and men returning home after years of absence. He explores the human condition through the eyes of the oppressed and disenfranchised and is particularly sympathetic to the plight of women.
Author: Mohammad Abdul-Wali
Publisher: Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies Ut-Austin
Published: 01/01/2002
Pages: 146
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.54w x 0.39d
ISBN13: 9780292705081
ISBN10: 0292705085
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | World Literature | Middle East | Arabian Peninsula
About the Author
Mohammad Abdul-Wali writes in a realistic style, sparse and simple, a style that the translators have reproduced well in this volume. Abubaker Bagader is Professor of Sociology at King Abdul Aziz University in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Deborah Akers is associated with the Anthropology Department at Ohio State University.