The Black Sky:

Cairo: General Egyptian Book Organization, 1988. Presumed first English language edition. Paperback with handwritten title and author on spine. 95 p.; 20 cm. Very good. Extremely light shelfwear on front cover. Otherwise pages clean and binding tight. Small bookplate on top right of title page. Very good(+). Paperback. ISBN: 9770118176

Scarce Translated from Arabic by Nayla Nagib. "Mahmoud El-Sa'adani is a mojor short-story writer-cum-journalist: his style is highly original, tinged with a rare ironic tone and almost inimitable." --Back cover. Contemporary Arabic Literature. Short Stories. Egypt. Arab culture.