The Salmiya Collection
Stories of the Life and Times of Modern Kuwait
by Craig Loomis
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Pub Date Mar 30 2013 | Archive Date Apr 21 2013
Description
In The Salmiya Collection, Loomis celebrates the essence of everyday life
in a little-known part of the world. With lucid prose and keen detail, these
stories offer nuanced portraits—tragicomic, bittersweet, and candid—of
ordinary Kuwaitis: expatriates and natives, students and professors, siblings,
and lovers. In "Ancient Civilization 101," a young man suspects his
girlfriend Mariam is unfaithful and, in a fury, shears her long hair. The confidence
and boldness in Mariam that first attracted him is now seen as a
threat. In "The Conference on Rights and Freedom," two young students invited
to present their paper at an academic conference in the United States
share with their professor their dramatic plan to "show them who we are."
Each of the forty stories in the collection reverberates with the others, illuminating a world the reader will not soon forget. Loomis renders a Kuwaiti society that is complex and distinct, and yet the characters and situations unveil a time and a place that is universal.
Each of the forty stories in the collection reverberates with the others, illuminating a world the reader will not soon forget. Loomis renders a Kuwaiti society that is complex and distinct, and yet the characters and situations unveil a time and a place that is universal.
Advance Praise
"Named after a fashionable district overlooking the Gulf, filled with elegant
shopping malls, an American university, and an ever-increasing number
of hotels and tall residential buildings, this collection, in many ways,
captures the spirit of life in modern Kuwait. Here one finds vignettes about
the Kuwaiti nationals and the expatriates who come to Kuwait for work,
including professionals, service industry personnel, and laborers. Loomis
describes their diverse experiences with insight and humor. Many of these
stories touch the heart. A vivid and fascinating panorama."
—Raymond Farrin, author of Abundance from the Desert: Classical Arabic Poetry
—Raymond Farrin, author of Abundance from the Desert: Classical Arabic Poetry
"Loomis’s stories see the world from the perspective of the characters he depicts, foreigners and Kuwaitis alike . . . readers will enjoy and be provoked by The Salmiya Collection."
—Earl (Tim) Sullivan, professor and provost emeritus, American University in Cairo
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780815610144 |
| PRICE | $19.95 (USD) |
