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By
Naguib Mahfouz and
Roger Allen (trans)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Amer Univ in Cairo Pr
Publication date
September 30, 2007
Pages
110
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9789774160721
ISBN-10
977416072X
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Original list price
$18.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: At a Cairo café, a cross-section of Egyptian society, young and old, rich and poor, are drawn together by the quality of its coffee and the allure of its owner, legendary former dancer Qurunfula. When three of the young patrons disappear for prolonged periods, the older customers display varying reactions to the news. On their return, they recount horrific stories of arrest and torture at the hands of the secret police, and the habitués of the café begin to withdraw from each other in fear, suspecting that there is an informer among them. With the nighttime arrests and the devastation of the countryâs defeat in the 1967 War, the café is transformed from a haven of camaraderie and bright-eyed idealism to an atmosphere charged with mounting suspicion, betrayal, and crushing disillusionment.
Exposing the dark underbelly of ideology, and delving into the idea of the ânecessary evilsâ of social upheaval, Karnak Café remains one of the Nobel laureateâs most pointedly critical works, as relevant and incisive today as it was when it was first published in 1971.
Exposing the dark underbelly of ideology, and delving into the idea of the ânecessary evilsâ of social upheaval, Karnak Café remains one of the Nobel laureateâs most pointedly critical works, as relevant and incisive today as it was when it was first published in 1971.
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9789774160721 | details & prices | 110 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $18.95
About: At a Cairo café, a cross-section of Egyptian society, young and old, rich and poor, are drawn together by the quality of its coffee and the allure of its owner, legendary former dancer Qurunfula.
About: At a Cairo café, a cross-section of Egyptian society, young and old, rich and poor, are drawn together by the quality of its coffee and the allure of its owner, legendary former dancer Qurunfula.
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