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Tayeb Salih: Ideology and the Craft of Fiction

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Undertaking a sustained interpretation of Sudanese novelist Tayeb Salih's novels and short stories, this study focuses primarily on the ways in which his work depicts the clashing of Arab ideologies - that is, questions of tradition, modernity, imperialism, gender and political authority.

199 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2003

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February 26, 2007
A compelling analysis of Tayeb Salih's work, I recommend it as a secondary source with any of Salih's fiction. It grounds his work through historical and literary analsysis. I'm not entirely sure I buy all of his claims, but that is for each person to decide, no?
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