The Book Of Cairo: A City in Short Fiction (Reading The City)

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Synopsis
A police officer tortures one last suspect in the most important assignment of his career: to find the ultimate Truth... A woman confesses her love to a mysterious masked man in a video rental shop, agreeing to make the ultimate sacrifice for him... A disgraced doctor confronts a man whose job it is to spread baseless, career-ending rumours... Once the centre of the ancient world and, for a thousand years, a welcoming destination for explorers and tourists, Cairo has more recently become a city determined to forget. Since 2013, the events of Tahrir Square and Rabaa al-Adawiya have been gradually erased from its official history; writers have been imprisoned, publishing houses raided, and independent news sites shut down by the authorities. With the Egyptian government currently moving many of its ministries to the desert new builds, east of Cairo, the city’s future (as well as its past) seem uncertain. Here ten new voices offer tentative glimpses into the city’s life at a time when writing directly about its greatest challenges is often too dangerous. With satire, surrealism, humour and a flair for the microcosm, these stories guide us through the slums and suburbs, bars and backstreets of a city haunted by an unspoken past.
Copyright:
2019

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
144 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781910974254
Publisher:
Comma Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Comma Press
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Travel, Literature and Fiction, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Basma Ghalayini
Proofread By:
Basma Ghalayini
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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