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Mongrels or marvels : the Levantine writings of Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff / ed. by Deborah A. Starr and Sasson Somekh

Sṭar, Devorah *1968-* [Hrsg.] ; Somekh, Sason *1933-* [Hrsg.]

Englisch

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Univ. Press, 2011

XXIX, 269 S.

Includes bibliographical references and index

0-8047-6953-2 cloth : alk. paper

978-0-8047-6953-2 : cloth : alk. paper

Introduction : Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff, a cosmopolitan Levantine -- Childhood in Egypt -- Passover in Egypt -- Such is Rachel -- Journey to a better land -- A line in the sand -- Maadi -- Alexandria -- Cairo wedding -- Europe from afar -- A culture stillborn -- To live and die a Copt -- Wake of the waves -- Reunion in Beersheba -- A letter from Mama Camouna -- Rebel, my brother -- Israel : ambivalent Levantine -- To remember Alexandria -- My brother Ishmael : on the visit of Anwar Sadat -- Welcome, Sadat -- Afterword : from East the sun.

*Levante / Ägypten / Jüdin / Geschichte 1917-1979

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: PJ5054.K3136

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 892.4/6809;

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: HU 9800: H Anglistik. Amerikanistik / HR-HV Amerikanische Literatur / HU 20. Jahrhundert / HU 1510-HU 9801 Literaturgeschichte / Sonstige

Introduction : Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff, a cosmopolitan Levantine -- Childhood in Egypt -- Passover in Egypt -- Such is Rachel -- Journey to a better land -- A line in the sand -- Maadi -- Alexandria -- Cairo wedding -- Europe from afar -- A culture stillborn -- To live and die a Copt -- Wake of the waves -- Reunion in Beersheba -- A letter from Mama Camouna -- Rebel, my brother -- Israel : ambivalent Levantine -- To remember Alexandria -- My brother Ishmael : on the visit of Anwar Sadat -- Welcome, Sadat -- Afterword : from East the sun