Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction Josephine escapes poverty by coming to Kuwait from the Philippines to work as a maid, where she meets Rashid, an idealistic only son with literary aspirations.
The Bamboo Stalk by"Saud Alsanousi"
Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction Josephine escapes poverty by coming to Kuwait from the Philippines to work as a maid, where she meets Rashid, an idealistic only son with literary aspirations. Josephine, with all the wide-eyed naivety of youth, believes she has found true love. But when she becomes pregnant, and with the rumble of war growing ever louder, Rashid bows to family and social pressure, and sends her back home with her baby son, José. Brought up struggling with his dual identity, José clings to the hope of returning to his father's country when he is eighteen. He is ill-prepared to plunge headfirst into a world where the fear of tyrants and dictators is nothing compared to the fear of 'what will people say'. And with a Filipino face, a Kuwaiti passport, an Arab surname and a Christian first name, will his father's country welcome him? The Bamboo Stalk takes an unflinching look at the lives of foreign workers in Arab countries and confronts the universal problems of identity, race and religion.
The Bamboo Stalk
By:"Saud Alsanousi"
Published on 2015-04-23 by Bloomsbury Publishing
BOOKS ID : OG1QBwAAQBAJ
Ebook Title : The Bamboo Stalk
ETAG : WSnljcKH7PI
ISBN_13 Code : 9789927101786
ISBN_10 Code : 9927101783
Book Print Type : BOOK
Rank : 20 for keyword gambling meaning in hindi
Book Author :"Saud Alsanousi"
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Book Pages Count : 384
Print Type : BOOK
Book's Categories :"Fiction"
Books Language : en
Text to Speech Access : ALLOWED
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