Princesses' Street by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Jabra I. Jabra and Issa J. Boullata (2005, Paperback)

Key Details
Author:	Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Issa J. Boullata, Jabra I. Jabra
Language:	English
Publisher:	Univ of Arkansas Pr
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-10:	155728802X
ISBN-13:	9781557288028

Size
Length:	185 pages
Thickness:	0.5 in
Weight:	8.8 oz

Publisher's Note
He studied with the likes of Archibald MacLeish and I.A. Richards. He was befriended by an archeologist and his wife, the latter turning out to be Agatha Christie. In some ways he led a charmed life, and his accomplishments, along with meeting interesting people and doing fascinating things at a time when Iraq was in a golden age of literature and the arts, include translating (including translating The Sound and the Fury into Arabic), writing fiction (both poetry and novels), publishing criticism and painting. In this gentle and very personal account, however, Jabra concentrates on how he somehow managed, in spite of all he had to do, to fall in love. This is the last of Jabra's books to be published in his lifetime and it is a moving tribute to the woman he adored throughout his adult life, who had the great good sense to recognize his gifts and marry him. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)