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050 4 PJ7914.L73|bB36 2015
100 1 Alsanousi, Saud,|eauthor.
245 14 The bamboo stalk /|cSaud Alsanousi ; translated by
Jonathan Wright.
264 1 Doha, Qatar :|bHBKU,|c2015
264 4 |c©2015.
300 501 pages ;|c22 cm.
500 "First published in Arabic in 2012 by Arab Scientific
Publishers, Inc."--Title page verso.
520 "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 eventually sends her back
home with her baby son, Jose. Brought up struggling with
his dual identity, Jose 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"--Front jacket
flap.
546 Translated from the Arabic.
650 0 Illegitimate children|zPhilippines|vFiction.
650 0 Illegitimate children|zKuwait|zKuwait|vFiction.
651 0 Kuwait|vFiction.
651 0 Philippines|vFiction.
700 1 Wright, Jonathan|c(Translator),|etranslator.
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