Alaa Al Aswany, trans. from the Arabic by Russell Harris. Knopf, $27.95 (496p) ISBN 978-0-307-95721-4
The latest from bestselling Egyptian novelist Al Aswany memorably evokes corrupt British-occupied Egypt in the years before the 1952 revolution. When well-respected landowner Abd el-Aziz Gaafar is forced into bankruptcy, he moves his wife and family
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Alaa al Aswany, Author, Humphrey Davies, Translator . Harper Perennial $13.99 (219p) ISBN 978-0-06-176663-3
In his deft new collection, the ever-controversial Al Aswany (The Yacoubian Building
) again delves into the various miseries of modern Egyptian life. In the long story “The Isam Abd el-Ati Papers,” the title character rants against...
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Alaa al Aswany, Author, Farouk Abdel Wahab, Translator . Harper $25.95 (342p) ISBN 978-0-06-145256-7
Egyptian author al Aswany (The Yacoubian Building
) weaves a vivid tapestry of clashing cultures in post-9/11 Chicago. Dr. Ra'fat Thabit, an Egyptian-American professor at the University of Illinois Medical School, has burrowed deep into...
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