Program Title:
The Assassination Of Light : Modern Saudi Short Stories
PRA Archive #:
KZ1596e
Description:
The Assassination Of Light : Modern Saudi Short Stories / translated by Abu Bakr Bagader and Ava Molnar Heinrichsdorff| produced by Diane James. Readings from an English translation of a collection of Arabic short stories. CONTENT: Rite of passage : death of a 14-year old boy from complications of a circumcision / by Amin Salim Ruwayhi (7:00) -- Homecoming : a young man comes home to marry his childhood sweetheart, only to find his widowed father has married her / by Ibrahim An-Nasir (10:00) -- Sa'id the searcher : a big-city auto dealer finds happiness among the Bedouin / by Hijab Yahya Muza Al-Hazimi (8:00). BROADCAST: KPFK, 21 Dec. 1990.
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Item duration:
29:00
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