Memories in Translation: A Life Between the Lines of Arabic Literature

by Denys Johnson-Davies and Naguib Mahfouz

Nobody has done more for modern Arabic literature in translation than Denys Johnson-Davies, described by the late Edward Said as "the leading Arabic English translator of our time." With more than twenty-five volumes of translated Arabic novels, short stories, plays, and poetry to his name, and a career spanning some sixty years, he has brought the works of a host of writers from across the Arab world to an ever-widening English readership. Here he...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774249380
• ISBN13: 9789774249389
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.4"