THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING

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Alaa El Aswany THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING Eo 2006 The description of this item has been automatically translated. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us. Built in the heart of Cairo in the 1930s a vestige of a bygone splendor the Yacoubian building constitutes a socio-cultural melting pot very representative of the Egypt of the nascent 21st century. In his staircase meet or ignore each other Taha the janitor's son who dreams of becoming a police officer; Hatem the homosexual journalist; the old aristocrat Zaki lost in his memories; Azzam the shady businesswoman as bigot as he is lewd; the beautiful and poor Boussaïna who would like to work without having to endure the lust of a boss. Witness of an era Alaa El Aswany poses without judging a tender gaze on characters who all struggle rich and poor good and bad in the same trap that of a society dominated by political corruption rise of Islamism social inequalities lack of sexual freedom nostalgia for the past. But this novel would not have conquered such a large number of readers all over the world if it were content to evoke Egypt at the turn of the millennium: as a worthy heir to a Dostoyevsky like a Zola or a Mahfouz it is indeed about the man that Alaa El Aswany speaks to us about his vices and his weaknesses his dreams and his failures and the mirror which he holds out however indulgent it may be is that more frightening. About the Author : Born in 1957 Alaa El Aswany works as a dentist in central Cairo. After the phenomenal success of The Yacoubian Building brought to the screen by Marwan Hamed he has just published a new novel: Chicago (Actes Sud 2007). in good condition; complete and solid without tears or annotations; impeccable clean interior; to note just a cornure on the cover. shipping costs include postage packaging always solid and neat with me and travel (at least 10 kms to go to the Post Office). if not I can be held responsible for a possible loss by the Post office (fact extremely rare but one never knows?). of course grouped shipping costs in case of multiple purchases. Perlenbook company Siret n ° 49982801100010. RCS Lure Tgi 499 828 911 N ° GESTION 2007 A 111. Created by eBay

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