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City of Love and Ashes
Yusuf Idris
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Description for City of Love and Ashes
Paperback. In this finely crafted novel, Yusuf Idris, best known as the master of the Arabic short story, brings to life not only some of the most human characters in modern Arabic fiction but the soul of Cairo itself and the soul of a national consciousness focused on liberation. Translator(s): Hewison, Neil R. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
Cairo, January 1952. Egypt is at a critical point in its modern history, struggling to throw off the yoke of the seventy-year British occupation and its corrupt royalist allies. Hamza is a committed young radical, his goal to build a secret armed brigade to fight for freedom, independence, and national self-esteem. Fawziya is a woman with a mission too, keen to support the cause. Among the ashes of the city love may grow, but at a time of national struggle what place do personal feelings have beside the greater love for a shackled homeland?
Cairo, January 1952. Egypt is at a critical point in its modern history, struggling to throw off the yoke of the seventy-year British occupation and its corrupt royalist allies. Hamza is a committed young radical, his goal to build a secret armed brigade to fight for freedom, independence, and national self-esteem. Fawziya is a woman with a mission too, keen to support the cause. Among the ashes of the city love may grow, but at a time of national struggle what place do personal feelings have beside the greater love for a shackled homeland?
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
175
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
175
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774246999
SKU
V9789774246999
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About Yusuf Idris
Yusuf Idris was one of the great figures of twentieth-century Arabic literature. He was born in 1927, graduated from medical college in 1951, and practiced medicine for several years. His first collection of stories was published in 1956. In 1960 he gave up medicine to become editor of the Cairo daily newspaper al-Gumhuriya, and he continued to write and publish ... Read more
Reviews for City of Love and Ashes
The renovator and genius of the short story. -Tawfiq al-Hakim Like the Russian aristocrats of Chekhov, the provincial bourgeoisie of Flaubert, or the Ibo villagers of Achebe, Idris raises his authentic characters into convincing types within their context: he makes us live their agonies and hopes. - Ferial Ghazoul