{"product_id":"mordechais-moustache-and-his-wifes-cat","title":"Mordechai's Moustache And His Wife's Cat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMahmoud Shukair’s first major publication in English translation enthralls, surprises and shocks as one of the world’s most original of storytellers excels in exposing the surreal moments in the ordinary and the mundane, the limits of human frustration and patience, and the intricacies of tiny daily obsessive practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrimming with humour that ranges from the funny and the farcical, to satire and black comedy, with a painter’s eye for colour and detail, Shukair’s stories present a unique commentary on the power of the human spirit to see beyond the particular.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collection includes the author’s two fascinating autobiographical commentaries “Hemingway in Jerusalem” and “My Journey in Writing”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is the brilliantly observed clutter and comedy of everyday lives, the lives of ordinary people pushed up against an iron occupation and fighting for survival with all the comic and moving strategems of the human imagination. Shukair’s gift for absurdist satire is never more telling than in the hilarious title story which turns and pulls the leg (or the moustache) of the occupation, in the classic tradition of Palestinian satire. — Judith Kazantzis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the Arabic by Issa J. Boullata, Elizabeth Whitehouse, Liz Winslow and Mahmoud Shukair.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mahmoud Shukair","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57182359978362,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0003\/6778\/8068\/files\/BB145F7F-2F80-4902-9299-0E0342D5ADE3.jpg?v=1787218358","url":"https:\/\/raremags.co.uk\/products\/mordechais-moustache-and-his-wifes-cat","provider":"Rare Mags","version":"1.0","type":"link"}