Fate of a Cockroach and Other Plays (Three Continents Press)

Includes The Song of Death, The Sultan s Dilemma, and Not a Thing Out of Place, as well as the title play, an absurdist comedy.

Tawfiq al-Hakim is Egypt s most famous playwright, as well as one of its most important essayists and novelists. His clear and unaffected style has contributed to the formation of modern Arabic. Denys Johnson-Davies has published more than twenty-five volumes of stories, novels, plays, and poetry translated from modern Arabic literature. He lives in Cairo.