The devil is a black dog : stories from the Middle East and beyond / Sandor Jaszberenyi.
Language: English Original language: Hungarian Publication details: Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2015.Description: 194 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781925106930
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| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Short stories | JAS | Available | 060307 |
"This book is a work of fiction" -- back of title page.
The fever -- Professional killers -- The Blake precept -- How Ahmed Salem abandoned God -- The Devil is a black dog -- The first -- Taking Trinidad -- Something about the job -- How we didn't win -- Registration -- End of the world -- Twins -- Somewhere on the border -- Homecoming -- The field -- The desert is cold in the morning -- The majestic clouds -- The strongest knot -- The dead ride fast.
"Immersed i the societies he reports on and heedless in the face of war and revolution, Jaszberenyi observes mothers, martyrs, soldiers, and lovers who must confront the extremes of contemporary experience. In spare, evocative prose, he combines fact and fiction to create a profoundly true portrait of the hunamity behind the headlines." --Backcover.
Translation from Hungarian.
