In the Tavern of Life and Other Stories

This first collection of al-Hakim’s stories to be published in English includes 27 of the author’s best works written from 1927 to 1966. Some inspired by literature and others by Egyptian social conditions, the stories range from mock-autobiographical to science fiction and folk fantasy to allegory and philosophy. Contents Introduction The Artistes The Radium of Happiness In the Tavern of Life Visiting the Angry Princess By the Marble Basin A Devilish Scheme The Tree of Earthly Rule My Donkey and Hypocrisy Wedding Night Expelled from Paradise The World's a Stage Satan Triumphs Destiny The Life of a Literary Character Show Me God The Letter Carrier I'm Death Confederation of Sparrows In the Year One Million Azrael the Barber A Woman Who Beat the Devil The Unknown Lover The Killer Confessed The Birth of a Thought Boats of the Sun The Saints of Tarsus (for Children) The Case of the Twenty-First Century About the Book