collections of Short Stories, aimed at young English
learners. interesting reading material for ESL curriculae, inspired from
Tunisian Tales and Proverbs. Published on CreateSpace, Amazon and Kindle, both
in paperback and electronic formats. One of the tales ‘Sabra and Sultan’ will
be published by a french important edition house soon :
Four Fantastic
Tales From Tunisia :
Synopsis ‘Sabra and Sultan’ :
In 'Ayoun Essid', a Tunisian isolated village, where locals
communicate mainly through proverbs lived Sabra, an ambitious and idealist
girl. After a divorce, she flees her village and the malicious gossip to live
with a lion with mysteriously humane eyes.
Together, they found
the utmost happiness and enjoyment; a semi-human, semi- animal life. Sabra
tried to satisfy Sultan's inner longing to be a Man!
but she was also
satisfying her own old desire for The Perfect Happiness. Was she wise to do so?
Didn't she escape 'The World of Men?'
An oral tale adapted
to written English, keeping the magical spirit of the original. The story is built around a core Tunisian
proverb: 'Malicious words dwell in the heart...', infused with other proverbs:
each proverb playing a crucial role in the plot.
No comments:
Post a Comment