Tablet & Pen : Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East

Tablet & Pen : Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East
By Reza Aslan (Editor)
W.W. Norton, and Co., 2010. 657 pgs. Nonfiction

Tablet & Pen is a collection of short stories, memoirs, essays, and poems by both contemporary and historical Middle Eastern authors from such countries as Morocco, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Pakistan. Editor Aslan's goal is to provide "a different, more authentic perception of this rich and complex region."

Readers interested in literature will enjoy this collection from an often misunderstood area of the world. The stories and poems from authors including Nobel Prize Laureates Orhan Pamuk and Naguib Mahfouz offer a glimpse into life in the Middle East during the last century. Readers may be surprised to discover that the Muslim world, and literary tradition, shares as many similarities as it does differences with the Western world.

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