Giniyyat al-Hoqoul (The Fairy of the Fields) is the title of a recently published book comprising  a new collection of features about life in the countryside of Egypt, written by the poet, writer and critic Aidy Aly Gomaa about the everyday life in his native village near Cairo. Gomaa describes in these short stories the specific dreams, aspirations and disappointments of ordinary peasants in his village in a touching way. This collection promises to be one of the phenomena in the field of Arab- Egyptian countryside narratives set will set an example for future writers. (M.Y.)