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Hookah Nights: Tales from Cairo

Anne-Marie Drosso

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Description:Anne-Marie Drosso’s collection of fourteen short stories guides us through the turbulence of Egyptian modern history – from Gamal Abdel Nasser’s early days of glory to Abdel Fatah el- Sisi’s recent assumption of power. Each story weaves a tapestry of hope, crisis and despair illustrated by an array of characters trying to make sense of their lives in the face of social change and political turmoil. Drosso fictionalises potent segments of time from the mid-20th century onwards, revisiting illuminative figures from and affiliated with the ‘Cradle of Civilisation’.The collection kicks off with ‘Good Man’, a story based on the life and death of writer and diplomat Herbert Norman (1909- 1957), who was the Canadian Ambassador to Egypt (1955-1957) during the Suez Crisis. ‘Lee is Coming’ is loosely based on Lee Miller (1907-1977), the model, muse and photographer, following her divorce from an Egyptian businessman. These personal, often touching tales provide a seamless narrative to Egypt’s tumultuous transitional phase.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hookah Nights: Tales from Cairo. To get started finding Hookah Nights: Tales from Cairo, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 191

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Darf Publishers

Release: 2018

ISBN: 1850773149

Description: Anne-Marie Drosso’s collection of fourteen short stories guides us through the turbulence of Egyptian modern history – from Gamal Abdel Nasser’s early days of glory to Abdel Fatah el- Sisi’s recent assumption of power. Each story weaves a tapestry of hope, crisis and despair illustrated by an array of characters trying to make sense of their lives in the face of social change and political turmoil. Drosso fictionalises potent segments of time from the mid-20th century onwards, revisiting illuminative figures from and affiliated with the ‘Cradle of Civilisation’.The collection kicks off with ‘Good Man’, a story based on the life and death of writer and diplomat Herbert Norman (1909- 1957), who was the Canadian Ambassador to Egypt (1955-1957) during the Suez Crisis. ‘Lee is Coming’ is loosely based on Lee Miller (1907-1977), the model, muse and photographer, following her divorce from an Egyptian businessman. These personal, often touching tales provide a seamless narrative to Egypt’s tumultuous transitional phase.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hookah Nights: Tales from Cairo. To get started finding Hookah Nights: Tales from Cairo, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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