Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 16:22:27 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: author name for short story



i'm not sure where it comes from originally, but it sounds
like a similar story found in a book called "the bean trees"








On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Elizabeth Deloughrey wrote:

> Hi Folks
> A student asked me for some help in identifying this author--any ideas? Liz
> 
> 
> >I have been looking for the name of an author of a beautiful and
> very short story I read once. I want this for my
> personal interest. The author's name, I think, was of
> Arabic descent, (first name Ali?) and I remember his last name was very
> long. Also, I can assure you he is from this century.
> 
> >He wrote a story that describes that in Heaven and Hell
> there are people sitting at the same luxurious table,
> with the same delicious food. However, in Hell people
> cannot eat because their spoons are to heavy and large.
> In Heaven, people have the same heavy and large spoons,
> but they help each other. So, the people in heaven can
> taste the delicious food.Please write me back if you remember the name of
> the
> author.
> 
> 
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