Alaa Al Aswany

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The Automobile Club of EgyptPaperback, 12 July 2016

The Automobile Club of Egypt
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Print Length
496 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Vintage
Date Published
12 Jul 2016
ISBN-10
0307947319
ISBN-13
9780307947314

Description

In British-occupied Egypt, on the eve of the 1952 revolution, respected landowner Abd el-Aziz Gaafar has fallen on hard times. Bankrupt, he moves his family to Cairo and takes a menial job at the Automobile Club, a luxurious lodge for its European members, where Egyptians appear only as fearful servants. When Abd el-Aziz's pride gets the better of him and he stands up for himself, he is subjected to a corporal punishment that ultimately kills him--leaving two of his sons obliged to work in the Club.

As the nation teeters on the brink of change, both servants and masters are subsumed by social upheaval, and the Egyptians of the Automobile Club face a choice: to live safely but without dignity as servants, or to risk everything and fight for their rights. Exuberant and powerfully moving, The Automobile Club of Egypt is an essential work of social criticism from one of the Arab world's greatest literary voices.

Product Details

Author:
Alaa Al Aswany
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
12 July 2016
Dimensions:
20.57 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm
Genre:
Middle Eastern
ISBN-10:
0307947319
ISBN-13:
9780307947314
Language:
English
Pages:
496
Publisher:
Weight:
362.87 gm

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