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Landlocked islands : two alien lives in Egypt /
This is a highly unusual and beautifully written book. It is the double memoir of a mother and son, Anna and Pierre, and the story takes us from Anna's childhood in Russia and subsequent arrival in Egypt in 1901 to Pierre's enrollment at the American University in Cairo in the late 1930s....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cairo, Egypt :
The American University in Cairo Press,
[1999]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This is a highly unusual and beautifully written book. It is the double memoir of a mother and son, Anna and Pierre, and the story takes us from Anna's childhood in Russia and subsequent arrival in Egypt in 1901 to Pierre's enrollment at the American University in Cairo in the late 1930s. It is fascinating, therefore, not only as a personal account of an interesting group of people but also as a social document that portrays a segment of Egypt's society in the first forty years of the twentieth century. As a personal story, it is a rewarding insight into the early formation of a leading, well-k. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (196 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781617974878 1617974870 9781617972355 1617972355 |