Political / legal thriller
The American University in Cairo Press Dates on My Fingers: An Iraqi Novel
Book SynopsisSaleem, fed up with all the violence, religiosity, and strict family hierarchies of his Iraqi village, flees to Spain to establish a new life for himself. But his lonely exile is turned upside down when he encounters his father, Noah, in a Madrid nightclub after not seeing him in more than a decade. Noah looks and acts like a new man, and Saleem sets out to discover the mystery of his father's presence in Spain and his altered life. In doing so, he recalls formative moments in Iraq of familial love, war, and the haunting accidental death of his cousin Aliya, Saleem's partner in the hesitant, tender exploration of sexuality. When the renewed relationship with his father erupts in a violent conflict, Saleem is forced to rediscover his sense of self and the hard-won stability of his life. Through Saleem's experiences and reflections, the fast-paced narrative carries the reader between Spain and Iraq to a surprising resolution.Trade Review"A powerful portrait of an oppressed Iraq, Ramli's novel transforms incidents from the recent past into timeless fables, allowing readers to draw their own parallels."--India Stoughton, The Daily Star
£12.80
The American University in Cairo Press The Open Door: A Novel
Book SynopsisThe Open Door is a landmark of women's writing in Arabic. Published in 1960, it was very bold for its time in exploring a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of sexual and political age, in the context of the Egyptian nationalist movement preceding the 1952 revolution. The novel traces the pressures on young women and young men of that time and class as they seek to free themselves of family control and social expectations. Young Layla and her brother become involved in the student activism of the 1940s and early 1950s and in the popular resistance to continued imperialist rule; the story culminates in the 1956 Suez Crisis, when Gamal Abd al-Nasser's nationalization of the Canal led to a British, French, and Israeli invasion. Not only daring in her themes, Latifa al-Zayyat was also bold in her use of colloquial Arabic, and the novel contains some of the liveliest dialogue in modern Arabic literature."Not only a great novel, but a literary landmark that shaped our consciousness."--Abdel Moneim Tallima "A great anticolonialist work in a feminist key."--Ferial Ghazoul "Latifa al-Zayyat greatly helped all of us Egyptian writers in our early writing careers."--Naguib MahfouzTrade Review"Absorbing . . . Superbly translated . . . Arguably the best modern [Egyptian] novel not written by Nobel laureate Mahfouz."—Kirkus Reviews"Recommended."—Choice"Latifa al-Zayyat greatly helped all of us Egyptian writers in our early writing careers."—Naguib Mahfouz"A pioneering work on many levels."—Al Jadid"A great anti-colonialist work in a feminist key."—Ferial Ghazoul"Not only a great novel, but a literary landmark that shaped our consciousness."—Abdel Moneim Tallima
£9.49
Diversified Publishing Coded Justice
£20.23
Independently Published Clear and Convincing Evidence
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£10.20
Independently Published Natural Justice: A Legal Thriller
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£10.99
Greenleaf Book Group Press The Blockchain Syndicate
£21.84
Austin Macauley The Best Way to Make Money
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£10.44
Authors Equity Fade in
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£22.49
