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Pearls on a Branch: Tales from the Arab World Told by Women
By Khoury, Najla Jraissaty
- ISBN
- 9780914671961 9780914671893
- Publisher
- Archipelago
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Reviewed on December 1, 2017 | Worldwide Pearls
Collected by Khoury as the basis for plays performed by the traveling theater group she founded during Lebanon's civil war, these tales are radiant with sunlight and flowers, jinns and spirits, palaces and sultans. The setting you might expect, which makes them refreshingly different and a pleasure to read. Yet the themes will resonate wit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
