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The Yacoubian Building

by Al Aswany, Alaa



  • Bookseller: Old Goat Books CA (CA)
  • Seller Inventory #: 1023781
  • Format: Softcover
  • Book condition: NF. Remainder mark.
  • Binding: Paperback
  • ISBN 10: 0060878134
  • ISBN 13: 9780060878139
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Date published: 2006
  • Pages: 253 pages.
  • Size: 5.25 x 8 x 0.75 inches
  • Weight: 0.45 pounds

Description

HarperCollins, 2006. Softcover. NF. Remainder mark.. no. Translated by Humphrey Davies. Frank and compassionate novel of modern-day Cairo. Trade Paperback




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Book summary

A bestseller in Egypt, THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING revolves around the inhabitants of the apartment building of the title: a womanizing old man, his bitter sister, his scheming one-legged servant, a disillusioned shop girl and her optimistic boyfriend, and an elegant drug dealer seeking to work his way into politics. Alaa Al Aswany writes with a masterful combination of ribald humor, political insight, and psychological depth. He shows how the political corruption of Egypt filters down through every level of society, infecting the hopes, loves, and dreams of the country's hapless population.