The Yacoubian building :
a novel /
Alaa Al Aswani ; [translated by Humphrey Davies].
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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New York : Harper Perennial, 2006.
- Edition
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1st Harper Perennial ed.
- Summary
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The lives of the inhabitants of an apartment building in downtown Cairo intertwine as the destinies of a fading aristocrat, voluptuous siren, devout doorman, secretly-gay editor, roof-squatting tailor, and corrupt politician come together.
- Physical Description
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xii, 255 p. ;
21 cm.
- ISBN
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0060878134 (pbk.)
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