Khairy Shalaby

The Hashish Waiter

Übersetzer: Talib, Adam

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comic novel from the award-winning author of The Lodging House

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The American University in Cairo Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9789774163005
• ISBN-10: 9774163001
• Artikelnr.: 26763772

Autorenporträt

Khairy Shalaby (1938-2011) was born in Kafr al-Shaykh in Egypt's Nile Delta. He wrote seventy books, including novels, short stories, historical tales, and critical studies. His novel The Lodging House was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2003, and was published in English translation by the AUC Press in 2006. With a PhD from Oxford University, Adam Talib is currently an assistant professor at Durham University. He is an award-winning literary translator and has translated, among others, Mekkawi Said and Raja Alem.