A Poetics of Arabic Autobiography: Between Dissociation and Belonging

This book examines the poetics of autobiographical masterpieces written by Leila Abouzeid, Hanan al-Shaykh, Samuel Shimon, Abd al-Rahman Munif, Salim Barakat, Mohamed Choukri and Hanna Abu Hanna. Sheetrit offers in-depth literary studies that expose each texts distinct strategy for life narrative.