Miral Al-Tahawy

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Brooklyn Heights: An Egyptian NovelPaperback, 15 February 2014

Brooklyn Heights: An Egyptian Novel
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Print Length
188 pages
Language
English
Publisher
American University in Cairo Press
Date Published
15 Feb 2014
ISBN-10
9774166590
ISBN-13
9789774166594

Description

Hind, newly arrived in New York with her eight-year-old son, several suitcases of unfinished manuscripts, and hardly any English, finds a room in a Brooklyn teeming with people like her who dream of becoming writers.

As she discovers the various corners of her new home, they conjure up parallel memories from her childhood and her small Bedouin village in the Nile Delta: Emilia who sells used shoes at the flea market smells like Zeinab, the old woman who worked for Hind's grandfather; the reflection of her own
body as she dances tango awakens the awkwardness of her relationship to that body across the years; the story of Lilette, the Egyptian bourgeoise who has lost her memory, prompts Hind to safeguard her own.

Through this kaleidoscopic spectrum of disadvantaged characters we encounter unique but familiar life histories in this award-winning and intensely moving novel of displacement and exile. It was the winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, and was shortlisted for the 2011 Arabic Booker
prize.

Product Details

Author:
Miral Al-Tahawy
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
15 February 2014
Dimensions:
19.81 x 12.45 x 1.02 cm
Genre:
Middle Eastern
ISBN-10:
9774166590
ISBN-13:
9789774166594
Language:
English
Pages:
188
Weight:
204.12 gm

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