| War in the Land of Egypt Contributor(s): Al-Qa'id, Ysuf (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566562279 ISBN-13: 9781566562270 Publisher: Interlink Books OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1997 Annotation: This series is designed to bring to North American readers the once-unheard voices of writers who have achieved wide acclaim at home, but are not recognized beyond the borders of their native lands. With special emphasis on women writers, Interlink's Emerging Voices series publishes the best of the world's contemporary literature in translation or original English. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97021922 |
| Series: Emerging Voices (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.28" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - East Africa - Cultural Region - North Africa - Ethnic Orientation - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Egypt on the eve of the 1973 October war. A young man has been drafted into the army. His father, the village elder, persuades a poor night-watchman to send his own son as a stand-in. But the impersonation plan goes horribly wrong, with tragicomic results. Qa'id's tale of the fiasco -- steeped in irony and black humor -- parodies outrageous corruption and ludicrous bureaucracy. A skillfully crafted mosaic of life in modern Egypt. |