San Antonio College Library

Selected readings from the poetry, prose, and drama of the Near and Far East, with background introductions.

A comprehensive guide to significant writers of Asia and Africa and the great classical authors.

"Assembled here for the first time are selections from the best and most important Moslem writers of modern times. Although regarded as masters of literary style in their own countries, many of them are virtually unknown to readers of English. Some are being introduced to western audiences in their very first translations; others are represented by excerpts from influential works that have generally escaped the attention of critics outside the Islamic...