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The time-travels of the man who sold pickles and sweets : a narration comprising events to dazzle and astound, meditations to divert and confound, histories to edify, and incidents to horrify /
Ibn Shalaby, like many Egyptians, is looking for a job. Yet, unlike most of his fellow citizens, he is prone to sudden dislocations in time. Armed with his trusty briefcase and his Islamic-calendar wristwatch, he bounces uncontrollably through the Fatimid, Ayyubid, and Mamluk periods, with occasiona...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
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Cairo :
American University in Cairo Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Ibn Shalaby, like many Egyptians, is looking for a job. Yet, unlike most of his fellow citizens, he is prone to sudden dislocations in time. Armed with his trusty briefcase and his Islamic-calendar wristwatch, he bounces uncontrollably through the Fatimid, Ayyubid, and Mamluk periods, with occasional return visits to the 1990s. Along the way, he meets celebrities such as Jawhar, the founder of Cairo. He also encounters other time travelers, including the historian Maqrizi. After his cassette recorder fails to impress a Fatimid caliph, he finds himself trapped in the 1300s. He joins the barbari. |
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| Notas: | Originally published in Arabic in 1991 as Rihalt al-turshagi al-halwagi. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (269 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781617974564 1617974560 9781617970597 161797059X |