Thriller set on a private CARIBBEAN ISLAND
Under a Crescent Moon: Stories of Arabia
Location(s): Saudi Arabia
Genre(s): Short Stories
Era(s): Contemporary
It is exceedingly rare to find stories offering a portal into the exotic world of Saudi Arabia. Through exposé of life events touching eras past and present–weddings, daily duties, home-building, family excursion–the author produces the texture of a country so different that it hangs in the mist of fairy tales. This book is for the reader who wants a sense of Saudi Arabia that digs deeper than the frustrations of Girls of Riyadh, that reaches down to nerves and impulses that underlie its society and, in some cases, its interaction with Western visitors. The romance of the Saudi-Western bi-cultural marriage figures into three featured here. Julia Simpson-Urrutia has used various pseudonyms, both Western and Arabic; her stories and essays aired over the BBC world service, the Saudi Broadcasting System (English Service) and the U.S. armed forces radio airwaves. Original cover art by Omar Raymond Talal Eshmawi.
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