The Yacoubian building :
a novel /
Alaa Al Aswani ; [translated by Humphrey Davies].

Description

Main Author

Aswānī, ʻAlāʼ, 1957-

Related Names

Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman)

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : Harper Perennial, 2006.

Edition

1st Harper Perennial ed.

Subjects

Cairo (Egypt) > Cairo (Egypt) / Social conditions > Cairo (Egypt) / Social conditions / Fiction.
Corruption > Corruption / Egypt > Corruption / Egypt / Cairo > Corruption / Egypt / Cairo / Fiction.
Cairo (Egypt) > Cairo (Egypt) / Fiction.
Fiction

Summary

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

xii, 255 p. ; 21 cm.

ISBN

0060878134 (pbk.)

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