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The Zafarani Files: An Egyptian Novel

The Zafarani Files: An Egyptian Novel

Al-Ghitani, Gamal
Abdel Wahab, Farouk

Paperback

Series: Modern Arabic Literature (Hardcover)

General FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $19.95

ISBN10: 9774166949
ISBN13: 9789774166945
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: Feb 15 2015
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The intrigues of an old Cairo quarter: gossip, spells, betrayals, and busybodies in a parable about political and personal freedoms

Absurdist and bleakly comic--Robert Irwin, Times Literary Supplement

An unknown observer is watching the residents of a small, closely-knit neighborhood in Cairo's old city, making notes. The college graduate, the street vendors, the political prisoner, the café owner, the taxi driver, the beautiful green-eyed young wife with the troll of a husband--all are subjects of surveillance. The watcher's reports flow seamlessly into a narrative about Zafarani Alley, a village tucked into a corner of the city, where intrigue is the main entertainment, and everyone has a secret. Suspicion, superstition, and a wicked humor prevail in this darkly comedic novel. Drawing upon the experience of his own childhood growing up in al-Hussein, where the fictional Zafarani Alley is located, Gamal al-Ghitani has created a world richly populated with characters and situations that possess authenticity behind their veils of satire.

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