The Yacoubian building

著者

• Aswānī, ʿAlāʾ
• Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman)

書誌事項

The Yacoubian building

Alaa Al Aswany ; translated by Humphrey Davies

Harper Perennial, 2006

• : pbk

タイトル別名

ʿImarat Yaʿqubyan

'Imarat Ya'qubyan

عمارة يعقوبيان

The Yacoubian building : a novel

注記

Translation of: ʿImarat Yaʿqubyan

"First Harper Perennial edition published 2006"--T.p. verso

"Qur'anic references": p. 255

内容説明・目次

内容説明

<p>This controversial bestselling novel in the Arab world reveals the political corruption, sexual repression, religious extremism, and modern hopes of Egypt today. <p>All manner of flawed and fragile humanity reside in the Yacoubian Building, a once-elegant temple of Art Deco splendor now slowly decaying in the smog and bustle of downtown Cairo: a fading aristocrat and self-proclaimed "scientist of women"; a sultry, voluptuous siren; a devout young student, feeling the irresistible pull toward fundamentalism; a newspaper editor helplessly in love with a policeman; a corrupt and corpulent politician, twisting the Koran to justify his desires. <p>These disparate lives careen toward an explosive conclusion in Alaa Al Aswany's remarkable international bestseller. Teeming with frank sexuality and heartfelt compassion, this book is an important window on to the experience of loss and love in the Arab world.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB07913396
• ISBN:
  • 9780060878139
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 原本言語コード: ara
• 出版地: New York, N.Y.
• ページ数/冊数: xii, 255 p.
• 大きさ: 21 cm
• 分類:
  • DC22 : 892.737
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Corruption -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Cairo (Egypt) -- Social conditions -- Fiction