- Hardback - Number of Pages: 165 pages
- Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 15mm - 364g
- Publication date: 18 Jun 1989
- Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- Publication City/Country: Basingstoke, United Kingdom
- Language: English
Preface - Introduction - PART 1 A CRITICAL STUDY - The Situation of the Short Story - Sindbad: The Other Voyage - Shahrazad's Perspective - The Fallah's Long Journey - Conclusion - PART 2 A SELECTION OF TEXTS - The Death of Sindbad; M.Aflaq - Sindbad the Porter; N.Surur - Sindbad on his Eighth Voyage; K.Hawi - Abdullah Samsa in Waqwaq Island; M.al Masannawi - The Sindbad from the Old Sorrows: Five Tales from the Arabian Nights; M.al-Mansi Qindil - Spring in the Ashes; Z.Tamir - The Blue Charm and the Return of Jubaynah; E.Habiby - Abu-Zaid al-Ghazzi, the School Teacher; I.al-Alam - The Orphans' Cow; M.Shukair - Abu-Zaid Surrenders; S.Makkawi - Shatir Hassan and the Season of Drought; A.Haniyyah - The Beast; N.Khulusi - Vocabulary List - Bibliography - Index