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City of Love and Ashes by Yusuf Idris & Yusuf Idris & R.Neil Hewison
Set in Cairo, January 1952 when Egypt is struggling to free itself from British occupation, this is the story of Hamza, a committed radical, and Fawziya, a woman keen to support the cause. Among the ashes of the city love may grow, but what place does it have beside love for a shackled homeland?Cairo, January 1952. Egypt is at a critical point in its modern history, struggling to throw off the yoke of the seventy-year British occupation and its corrupt royalist allies. Hamza is a committed young radical, his goal to build a secret armed brigade to fight for freedom, independence, and national self-esteem. Fawziya is a woman with a mission too, keen to support the cause. Among the ashes of the city love may grow, but at a time of national struggle what place do personal feelings have beside the greater love for a shackled homeland? In this finely crafted novel, Yusuf Idris, best known as the master of the Arabic short story, brings to life not only some of the most human characters in modern Arabic fiction but the soul of Cairo itself and the soul of a national consciousness focused on liberation. Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, described by Tawfiq al-Hakim as "the renovator and genius of the short story," YUSUFIDRIS was one of the great figures of twentieth - century Arabic literature. He was born in 1927, graduated from medical college in 1951, and practiced medicine for several years. His first collection of stories was published in 1956. In 1960 he gave up medicine to become editor of the Cairo daily new s-paper al - Gumhuriya, and he continued to write and publish prolifically until his death in 1992. |
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| Author(s) : Yusuf Idris & R.Neil Hewison | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 9774246993 | ISBN-13 : 9789774246999 |
| RRP : £9.50 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : Egypt
Publication Date : 31/01/2002
Publisher : The American University in Cairo Press
Page Length : 175mm
Page Size : 200mm