The Heron - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ibrahim Aslan, Elliott Colla (Translator)Series:Modern Arabic Literature (Paperback)Publish date:2009-10-15Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:American University in Cairo PressISBN-13:9789774163074ISBN-10:9774163079UPC:9789774163074Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:7.80 x 4.90 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCP6KAQK15
The Heron
One long winter night and the Cairo neighborhood of Kit Kat stands at a crossroads. Poised like herons fishing on the banks of the Nile, the characters of this novel wait and watch as opportunities swim by past their reach. Some gaze on as their local café is stolen before their eyes. One studies how the nouveaux riches of the Open Door Policy make their money, while others try their own hand at...
Series: Modern Arabic Literature (Paperback)
Language:EnglishPublisher:American University in Cairo PressISBN-13:9789774163074ISBN-10:9774163079UPC:9789774163074Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:7.80 x 4.90 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCP6KAQK15
Ibrahim Aslan (1937-2012) was born in Tanta in the Nile Delta. He published his first collection of short stories, Buhayrat al-misa' ('Evening Lake'), in 1971. The Heron, his first novel, was published in Arabic in 1983. He is also the author of Nile Sparrows (AUC Press, 2004). ELLIOTT COLLA teaches comparative literature at Brown University. His book Conflicted Antiquities is a study of the...
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
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