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This book introduces Western readers to some of the most significant novels written in Arabic since 1979. Despite their contribution to the development of conte

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This book will present close readings of three contemporary Arabic novelists - an Egyptian (Gamal Al-Ghitany), an Algerian (Taher Ouettar) and a Touareg Libyan

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