Mohammad al-Murr
Autor(a) de The Wink of the Mona Lisa and other stories from the Gulf
About the Author
Obras de Mohammad al-Murr
Dubai Tales 1 exemplar(es)
Dubai Tales - Volume 2 - In Arabic 1 exemplar(es)
Dubai Tales - Volume 3 (In Arabic) 1 exemplar(es)
al-a'māl al-qasisiyya 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- al-Murr, Mohammad
- Nome de batismo
- محمد المر
- Data de nascimento
- 1955
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- United Arab Emirates
- País (para mapa)
- United Arab Emirates
- Local de nascimento
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Locais de residência
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Syracuse, New York, USA - Educação
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Membros
Resenhas
Snapshots of life in Dubai, I felt like a bit of a fly on the wall with this collection. You really only get brief glimpses, but the result is very realistic and compelling. I have the next address, so will be posting this on Monday.
Prêmios
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Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 9
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 40
- Popularidade
- #370,100
- Avaliação
- 3.4
- Resenhas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 4
By sally tarbox on 1 December 2017
Format: Paperback
Maybe *2.5 for an uninspiring read.
A collection of 21 short stories set in the United Arab Emirates.
They focus on everyday situations: marriage problems; parents and children; travel... The modern world with its affairs, divorces, career-minded youngsters is juxtaposed with a conservative, religious world.
Although the cover blurb says that each tale 'has a sharp sting in the tail', I have to say I didn't find this at all. They tend to fade away to nothing, and you're left thinking 'is that it?' Might be OK for a mediocre magazine but how they got published is beyond me!… (mais)