TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tamir,Zakariya
TI  - al-Numur fi al-yawm al-'ashir
T2  - A'mal al-qisasiyah
SN  - 185513425X (pbk.)
PY  - 1994///
CY  - London
PB  - Riyad al-Rayyis Book Ltd
KW  - Short stories, Arabic
KW  - Syria
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Arab countries
N1  - Title on t.p. verso: The tigers on the 10th day; Short stories
N2  - The short, tightly told title story of this collection, Tigers on the Tenth Day, is an allegory that recounts with control how even the strongest of us can be gradually broken and tamed by those who wield the whip of power. Most of Zakaria Tamer's stories deal with man's inhumanity to man -- likewise to woman -- the oppression of the poor by the rich and of the weak by the strong. The political and social problems of his own country, Syria, and of the contemporary Arab world, are reflected in the stories and sketches in the sharply satirical style typical of his writing. -- From http://www.interlinkbooks.com (Oct. 24, 2012)
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