Literature – October and November 2012
Literature
- Sufism in the contemporary arabic novel.
- Gender, nation, and the Arabic novel : Egypt, 1892-2008 / Hoda Elsadda.
- Culture, diaspora, and modernity in Muslim writing / edited by Rehana Ahmed, Peter Morey, Amina Yaqin.
- Literature and war: conversations with Israeli and Palestinian writers / Runo Isaksen ; translated by Kari Dickson
- Science fiction and empire / Patricia Kerslake.
- Post-war anglophone Lebanese fiction : home matters in the diaspora / Syrine Hout.
- South Asian Atlantic literature, 1970-2010 / Ruth Maxey.
- Comparative rhetoric : an historical and cross-cultural introduction / George A. Kennedy.
Fiction
- Gender, nation, and the Arabic novel : Egypt, 1892-2008 / Hoda Elsadda.
- Digital geishas and talking frogs : the best 21st century short stories from Japan / edited by Helen Mitsios ; introduction by Pico Iyer.
- The Apex book of world SF 2 / edited by Lavie Tidhar.
Folklore & Folk-tales
- Malaysian tales : retold & remixed / edited by Daphne Lee.
- Exploration in Sri Lankan Tamil folklore / E. Balasundaram.
- The cloak of dreams : Chinese fairy tales / Béla Balázs ; translated and introduced by Jack Zipes ; illustrated by Mariette Lydis.