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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.