Abstract
Sinister populism
An Invincible Memory João Ubaldo Ribeiro Translated from the Portuguese by the author London/Boston: Faber & Faber. 1989. 504pp. £12.99hb
Mellowing protest
Le Sommeil d'Ève Mohammed Dib Paris: Sindbad. 1989. 222pp. 100 F
L'Honneur de la tribu Rachid Mimouni Paris: Robert Laffont. 1989. 216pp. 89 F
Fragments from a bittersweet mosaic
Fantasia: an Algerian cavalcade Assia Djebar Translated from the French by Dorothy S Blair London: Quartet Books. 1989. 227pp. £12.95hb
Paying for the holocaust
Soul in Exile: lives of a Palestinian revolutionary Fawaz Turki New York: Monthly Review Press. 1988. 204pp. £8.00pb
Letter to a Jewish Friend Ibrahim Souss Translated from the French by John Howard London: Quartet. 1989. 100pp. £8.95hb
An Age of Stone Felicia Langer Translated from the Hebrew by Isaac Cohen London: Quartet. 1988. 173pp. £12.95hb
Confessions of a Good Arab Yoram Kaniuk Translated from the Hebrew by Dalya Bilu London: Widenfeld & Nicolson. 1987. 215pp. £9.95hb
Satirical asides
Thickhead and other stories Haldun Taner Translated from the Turkish by Geoffrey Lewis London/Boston: Forest Books/UNESCO. 1988.160pp. £8.95pb