198x129mm, 240 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 9781914325366 Price: £9.99 Available: October 2024 |
A Day at the Ministry
By Ali Muhammad Al-Sabbakh, translated by Ola Ali Hassan Two high flyer friends fight to overcome problems that stifle their creativity. A student about to graduate is held back by his jealous -- and intellectually mediocre -- father. A civil servant is given menial tasks far below his potential. But the pair complement each other's strengths.
An experienced civil servant agrees to show his university student friend the working atmosphere inside his ministry. However, the undergraduate is not allowed to speak inside the office in case his style annoys the management. He makes up for this silence by bombarding his older friend with questions in food and cigarette breaks. At first this puts a heavy strain on the friendship until they both realise how much they can help each other. |
About the Author
Ali Muhammad Al Sabbakh is one of an impressive generation of young Saudi writers keen to find expression for the frustrations inherrent in day to day life and exploring, in dramatic allegory some of the challenges confronted regularly in a traditionalist society adapting rapidly to societal change. 
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