Books set in Egypt (39)
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El edificio Yacobián : una novela sobre un inmueble de El Cairo y las vidas de sus habitantes by Alaa Al Aswany ES
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Una novela construida como un mosaico donde las vidas de los personajes se cruzan y se separan ante la mirada compasiva y sin prejuicios del autor.Construido en 1934 en una de las principales avenidas del Cairo, el Edificio Yacobián es al mismo tiempo una imagen representativa de los últimos setenta y cinco años de la historia de Egipto y una radiografía de la sociedad egipcia contemporánea. Cada piso parece representar un estrato de la sociedad y por la novela vemos desfilar a los habitantes más variopintos: aristócratas decadentes, hombres de negocio, políticos corruptos, pobres de solemnida... continue
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El Paciente Ingles by Michael Ondaatje ES
Sri LankaDescription:
With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end of World War II. Each is haunted by the riddle of the fourth member, an English patient -- a nameless, burned man whose memories of passion, betrayal, and rescue illuminates this book like flashes of heat lightening.
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God Dies by the Nile by Nawal El Saadawi EN
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Nawal el Saadawi's classic tale attempts to square Islam with a society in which women are respected as equals is as relevant today as ever. 'People have become corrupt everywhere. You can search in vain for Islam, or a devout Muslim. They no longer exist.' Kafr El Teen is a beautiful, sleepy village on the banks of the Nile. Yet at its heart it is tyrannical and corrupt. The Mayor, Sheikh Hamzawi of the mosque, and the Chief of the Village Guard are obsessed by wealth and use and abuse the women of the village, taking them as slaves, marrying them and beating them. Resistance, it seems, is fu... continue
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Greenland : A Novel by David Santos Donaldson EN
Country: North America / 
Bahamas
Bahamas
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"A dazzling literary debut novel-within-a-novel, in the vein of The Prophets, about a young author writing about the forbidden love affair between E.M. Forster and Mohammed el Adl - in which Mohammed's story collides with his own, blending fact and fiction"--
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La Maldición de Ra : Keops y la gran pirámide by Naguib Mahfuz ES
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Mientras Keops emprende la construccion de la gran piramide, su corte se enfrenta a un grave problema que el faraon intentara resolver mediante el asesinato de un bebe. Con su habitual capacidad para sumergir al lector en el ambiente de epocas pasadas, Mahfuz recrea en esta ocasion la vida en la corte durante la IV dinastia, una de las epocas mas apasionantes del Egipto de los faraones.
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Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela EN
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Longlisted for the Orange Prize 2011 'Haunting' Telegraph 'A story for all the senses' Aminatta Forna 'A superb family epic . . . vivid, beautifully original' The Herald Set in 1950s Sudan, Lyrics Alley is the story of the powerful and sprawling Abuzeid dynasty. With Mahmoud Bey at its helm, the family can do no wrong. But when Mahmoud's son, Nur - the brilliant, charming heir to his business empire - suffers a near-fatal accident, his hopes of university and a glittering future are dashed. Subsequently, his betrothal to his cousin and sweetheart, Soraya is broken off. As British rule is comin... continue