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The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist (1985)
by Emile Habiby
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  1. [+]
    Fiction: Novels (4 Reviews)
    Sheila MacLeod
    Twisted tongues
    1. The Hustler by John Henry Mackay
    2. The Sea-Crossed Fisherman by Yashar Kemal
    3. The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist by Emile Habiby
    4. The Modern Common Wind by Don Bloch
    The New Statesman, May 24, 1985, p. 29
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    Found In Translation (8 Reviews)
    Claudia Roth Pierpont
    Saddam City, by Mahmoud Saeed
    1. Saddam City by Mahmoud Saeed
    2. I'Jaam by Sinan Antoon
    3. Men in the Sun, and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani
    4. Palestine's Children by Ghassan Kanafani
    5. The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist by Emile Habiby
    6. Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury
    7. Wild Thorns by Sahar Khalifeh
    8. Chicago by Alaa al Aswany
    The New Yorker, January 18, 2010, pp. 74-78