Yacoubian Building A Novel

Name: Yacoubian Building A Novel
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ISBN: 9780060878139

ISBN-10: 0060878134

ISBN-13: 9780060878139

Edition: 2006

Authors: Alaa Al Aswany, Alaa Al Aswany

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This controversial bestselling novel in the Arab world reveals the political corruption, sexual repression, religious extremism, and modern hopes of Egypt today. 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. These disparate lives careen toward an…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English