Being Abbas el Abd : a modern Arabic novel /
"The millennial generation's most celebrated literary achievement."--Al-Ahram Weekly"The first glimmer of hope for a true fictional renaissance-an instantly rewarding read embraced by an unprecedented range of literary figures"-The Daily Star What is madness?" asks the...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
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Cairo ; New York :
American University in Cairo Press,
2009.
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Edición: | 1st pbk. ed. |
Colección: | Modern Arabic literature.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "The millennial generation's most celebrated literary achievement."--Al-Ahram Weekly"The first glimmer of hope for a true fictional renaissance-an instantly rewarding read embraced by an unprecedented range of literary figures"-The Daily Star What is madness?" asks the narrator of Ahmed Alaidy's jittery, funny, and angry novel. Assuring readers that they are about to find out, the narrator takes us on a journey through the insanity of present-day Cairo-in and out of minibuses, malls, and crash pads, navigating the city's pinball machine of social life with tolerable efficiency. But lurking unde. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (131 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781617974465 1617974463 1306504260 9781306504263 9781617970658 1617970654 |