Hamdi Abu Golayyel

Thieves in Retirement

Übersetzer: Booth, Marilyn

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers a portrait of a marginalized Egyptian community, bringing to life the absurd and tragic characters who occupy the margins of society while paying tribute to a historical Cairene neighborhood. This novel reveals a social climate where ruthlessness and goodness seem almost indistinguishable and humanity is on display in all its rich variety.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Syracuse University Press
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 147mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9780815608523
• ISBN-10: 0815608527
• Artikelnr.: 21307154

Autorenporträt

Hamdi Abu Golayyel is editorial director for the Folk and Popular Culture Studies Series in the Mass/Public Culture Administration, Government of Egypt. He writes for Jaridat al-Ittihad al-Imaratiyya (Newspaper of the Emirates' Union). Hailed by critics as an important new voice, he has won three literary prizes in the region. He lives in Cairo with his wife and two daughters, Hala and Dunya. Marilyn Booth is associate professor in the programs in Comparative and World Literature and Women and Gender Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She has translated numerous works of fiction and memoir from the Arabic, including Disciples of Passion and The Tiller of Waters by Hoda Barakat and Leaves of Narcissus by Somaya Ramadan.