{"product_id":"warda-9780300228656","title":"Warda","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSonallah Ibrahim’s 2000 masterpiece offers readers a view of twentieth-century world events through the diary pages of his titular character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hosam Aboul-Ela succeeds in capturing a tone that veers between idealism and a worldly indifference. It isn’t easy to get across Ibrahim’s simple, mirror-polished prose. . . . This version of \u003ci\u003eWarda\u003c\/i\u003e gets it just right.”—Amir-Hussein Radjy,\u003ci\u003e Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A splendid translation of an iconic novel. \u003ci\u003eWarda\u003c\/i\u003e lives beyond the past, in perpetual hope, love, loss, and search for liberation. History here is vessel or decoy. Sonallah Ibrahim is a genius.”—Fady Joudah, author of \u003ci\u003eTethered to Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Haunted by the ghosts of Arab revolution, Sonallah Ibrahim’s \u003ci\u003eWarda\u003c\/i\u003e is an archive of left-wing hopes and an unsparing view of the present. From the wasteland of Mubarak-era Egypt, Ibrahim conjures a history of \u003ci\u003eeros\u003c\/i\u003e and upheaval—a timely reminder of what was and what might have been.”—Robyn Creswell, Yale University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A masterful translation of a magnificent work by one the Arab world’s foremost novelists, this is a panoramic novel narrating the quest for the memory and meaning of a revolution, its time, and afterlives.”—Sinan Antoon, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Collateral Damage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“At once a moving narrative of the brutal personal and political costs of decolonization and a precious historical document, \u003ci\u003eWarda\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force; an epic tale of revolution, love, and loss, brilliantly translated into English by Hosam Aboul-Ela.”—Samah Selim, Rutgers University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An outstanding novel about beauty, friendship, and love.”—Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, American University of Beirut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733514236247,"sku":"9780300228656","price":19.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/warda-9780300228656","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}