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Barcode: 9780007243624
Trade code: 1478
ISBN: 9780007243624
Category: Fiction All Books

Alaa Al Aswany | The Yacoubian Building

Price 26.90 лв.
This product is second hand.
  • This exceptional Egyptian novel – as mesmerizing as it is controversial – caused an unprecedented stir when it was first published in Arabic.

    Welcome to the Yacoubian Building, Cairo: once grand, now dilapidated, and full of stories and passion. Some live in squalor on its rooftop while others inhabit the faded glory of its apartments and offices. Within these walls religious fervour jostles with promiscuity; bribery with bliss; modern life with ancient culture. At ground level, Taha, the doorman's son, harbors career aspirations and romantic dreams - but when these are dashed by unyielding corruption, hope turns to bitterness, with devastating consequences.

    Alaa Al Aswany's superb novel about Egypt's many contradictions is at once an impassioned celebration and a ruthless dissection of a society dominated by dishonesty.
  • • Language: English
    • Format: 13 x 20 cm
    • Volume: 256 pages
    • Covers: paperback
    • Year of issue: 2007.