| Mortal Designs Contributor(s): Bassiouney, Reem (Author), Magidow, Melanie (Translator) |
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ISBN: 9774167147 ISBN-13: 9789774167140 Publisher: American University in Cairo Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - General - Fiction | Political - Fiction | Literary |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.1" W x 8" (0.65 lbs) 248 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Captain Murad is busy planning for the Afterlife. He dreams of a grand, sunlit mausoleum on the banks of the Nile. To realize his pharaonic folly, the retired captain kindles an unlikely romance between Hazem, a feckless architect longing for immortality, and Asma, an impoverished single mother who strives for a better life for her children. As Murad's tomb rises on the riverbank, so Hazem and Asma fall in love. A contemporary Egyptian romance of rare grace and wit, played out by characters trapped in their attitudes toward class and gender. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bassiouney, Reem: - Award-winning Egyptian novelist Reem Bassiouney is an associate professor at the American University in Cairo, having taught at Cambridge, Oxford, and Utah. She writes widely on gender and linguistics. She lives in Cairo, Egypt. An adjunct professor at the University of Rhode Island, translator Melanie Magidow's research draws on literature and folklore. She lives in New York. |