Tigers on the Tenth Day and Other Stories
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\ Library JournalTamer, an acknowledged master of the children's story in Arabic, here applies the style and elements of that genre to decidedly adult themes. In these two dozen very short stories, the prose is simple and direct; the forms are parable and fable; the ingredients are dreams, talking animals, and intentional anachronisms. So fashioned, the stories become instruments of social and cultural criticism with which Tamer dissects everything from secret police abuses to sexual frustration among Arab youth. The volume represents the first of Tamer's work to appear in English. L. M. Lewis, Social Science Dept., Eastern Kentucky Univ., Richmond\ \
