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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 The Secret Maker of the World : Stories
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'A boatman fishes bodies from the Yellow River searching for the one he can claim. A construction worker speeds through the Indonesian jungle to board his plane on time. Playing a terrifying game of cat and mouse, an isolated sniper in Beirut observes the city from his rooftop perch.

'With profound insight El-Zein's stories cross continents and time zones, effortlessly melding themes of loss and longing with larger questions of power, politics, faith and love. His characters, as provacative as they are diverse, confront issues of violence, justice and redemption with varying degrees of rage, suspense, satire and wit.

'With a sharp eye for the ridiculous, El-Zein's collection cleverly illuminates stereotypes and contemplates global truths. These are worldly stories in the best sense, and wise ones.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: For my father, who started alone.
  • Epigraph:

    God, come down out of the Eucalyptus tree outside my window, and tell me wou will drown in so much blood.

    –Elizapeth Smart,

    By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Balmain, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,: Ligature , 2014 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 130p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 18th February 2014.
      ISBN: 9780992434731

Other Formats

  • Also large print.

Works about this Work

The Secret Maker of the World by Abbas El-Zein Tessa Lunney , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , October no. 16 2014;

— Review of The Secret Maker of the World : Stories Abbas El-Zein , 2014 selected work short story
Intimate Perspectives Michelle Cahill , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , September 2014;

— Review of The Secret Maker of the World : Stories Abbas El-Zein , 2014 selected work short story
Images of Justice Jennifer Mills , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , April 2014;

— Review of The Secret Maker of the World : Stories Abbas El-Zein , 2014 selected work short story
A New Kind of Tradition Sharpened by Precision David Messer , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 April 2014; (p. 31) The Canberra Times , 19 April 2014; (p. 22) The Age , 19 April 2014; (p. 31)

— Review of The Secret Maker of the World : Stories Abbas El-Zein , 2014 selected work short story
Review : The Secret Maker of the World Ben Smith , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 360 2014; (p. 60)

— Review of The Secret Maker of the World : Stories Abbas El-Zein , 2014 selected work short story
Harsh Edges of an Unyielding World Portia Lindsay , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 March 2014; (p. 19)

— Review of The Secret Maker of the World : Stories Abbas El-Zein , 2014 selected work short story
Review : The Secret Maker of the World Ben Smith , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 360 2014; (p. 60)

— Review of The Secret Maker of the World : Stories Abbas El-Zein , 2014 selected work short story
A New Kind of Tradition Sharpened by Precision David Messer , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 April 2014; (p. 31) The Canberra Times , 19 April 2014; (p. 22) The Age , 19 April 2014; (p. 31)

— Review of The Secret Maker of the World : Stories Abbas El-Zein , 2014 selected work short story
Images of Justice Jennifer Mills , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , April 2014;

— Review of The Secret Maker of the World : Stories Abbas El-Zein , 2014 selected work short story
Intimate Perspectives Michelle Cahill , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , September 2014;

— Review of The Secret Maker of the World : Stories Abbas El-Zein , 2014 selected work short story
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