Mordechai's Moustache & His Wife's Cat
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Mordechai's Moustache & His Wife's Cat by Mahmoud Shukair
A collection of short stories varying in length from a few pages to a few lines, plus two essays by the author on "Talking about Writing".
Mahmoud Shukair has been a prodigious creator of short stories since the mid-1960s. Born in 1941 in Jerusalem and growing up there, he studied at Damascus University and has an MA in Philosophy and Sociology (1965). He worked for many years as a teacher and journalist, was editor-in-chief of a weekly magazine, Al-Talia'a [The Vanguard] 1994-96, and then of Dafatir Thaqafiya [Cultural File] magazine 1996-2000. He has been jailed twice by the Israeli authorities, for an overall period of nearly two years, and in 1975 was deported to Lebanon. He returned to Jerusalem in 1993 after living in Beirut, Amman and Prague. He has authored 25 books - nine short story collections, 13 books for children, a volume of folktales, a biography of a city, and a travelogue. He has written six series for television, three plays, and countless newspaper and magazine articles. Some of his short stories have been published in French, Spanish, Korean and Chinese, as well as English.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780954966638 |
| ISBN 10 | 0954966635 |
| Title | Mordechai's Moustache & His Wife's Cat |
| Author | Mahmoud Shukair |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Banipal Books |
| Year published | 2007-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 124 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |