Tawfiq al-Hakim: A Reader's Guide
  • 2003/270 pages

Tawfiq al-Hakim:

A Reader's Guide

William Maynard Hutchins
Hardcover: $45.00
ISBN: 978-0-89410-885-3
Ebook: $45.00
ISBN: 978-1-62637-504-8
Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898-1987) dedicated much of his long life to a fruitful attempt to advance the fortunes of twentieth century Arabic literature by writing it. This guide to his work provides paths for readers through his multiple literary worlds. Chapters on his personal history, his novels, plays, short stories, and essays, his Islamic feminism, and his theology are enhanced by a discussion of reactions in the Arab world to his writing. The book also includes plot summaries, a chronology of al-Hakim's life, and a comprehensive annotated bibliography.
William Maynard Hutchins is known for his translations of Tawfiq al-Hakim's Return of the Spirit, In the Tavern of Life and Other Stories, and Plays, Prefaces, and Postscripts, as well as Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy. He is professor of Islamic studies at Appalachian State University.