The Automobile Club of Egypt by Alaa Al Aswany (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Automobile Club of Egypt by Alaa Al Aswany, Russell Harris -Originally published in Egypt as Nady Alsayarat by Dar El Shorouk, Cairo, in 2013---Title page verso. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher 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-Azizs 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 worlds greatest literary voices. Author Biography Alaa Al Aswany is the author of The Yacoubian Building, which was long-listed for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2006 and was the best-selling novel in the Arab world for more than five years; Chicago, named by Newsday as the best translated novel of 2006; The Automobile Club of Egypt; and the story collection Friendly Fire. He has received numerous awards internationally, including the Bashrahil Prize for the Arabic novel, the Kavafis Award from Greece and the Premio Grinzane Cavour from Italy. He was recently named by the London Times as one of the best fifty authors to have been translated into English over the last fifty years. Review "Scathing, brilliantly executed. . . . Brim[s] with a large cast of memorable characters." —The New York Times"Wonderful. . . . Almost impossible to put down. . . . Combines terrific storytelling with historical empathy." —Minneapolis Star Tribune"Seductive. . . . Rich and rewarding." —The Boston Globe "Aswany is a master of suspense. . . . Every character in his novel is patiently described in exquisite detail." —The Christian Science Monitor"[Al Aswanys novels] are national epics of the intimate: they remind their readers that every household hosts its own incarnations of fundamentalism, despotism, corruption, and graft." —Harpers "Its a masterpiece, the warmest and finest and most involving Egyptian novel in the last thirty years." —Open Letters Monthly "Gripping. . . . A riveting family saga." —The Toronto Star "An important social satire and a harsh criticism of modern Egypt. . . . Al Aswany has once again delivered a remarkable and devastating portrait of a deeply unhappy society, in the guise of a novel that is at once funny, perceptive and affectionate." —The Spectator "[A] rich political fable. . . . [Al Aswany is] a charming, earthy, resourceful storyteller." —Kirkus Reviews "Entertaining. . . . Al Aswany memorably evokes corrupt British-occupied Egypt in the years before the 1952 revolution." —Publishers Weekly Review Quote The Christian Science Monitors Excerpt from Book Aswany / THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF EGYPT 1 The story started when a man called Karl Benz met a woman called Bertha. In the only extant photograph of him, Karl Benz appears distracted, his mind so preoccupied by something other than the details of daily life that he has forgotten to do up the buttons of his jacket as he stands for the camera. His face appears to show a deep- Details ISBN0307947319 Author Russell Harris Short Title AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF EGYPT Pages 496 Language English ISBN-10 0307947319 ISBN-13 9780307947314 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-07-12 Country of Publication United States Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified AU Release Date 2016-07-12 NZ Release Date 2016-07-12 US Release Date 2016-07-12 UK Release Date 2016-07-12 Place of Publication New York Publisher Random House USA Inc Translator Russell Harris Imprint Vintage Books DEWEY FIC Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:141688719;

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