| Titre : |
Friendly Fire |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Alaa El Aswany, Auteur ; Humphrey Davies, Traducteur |
| Editeur : |
The american University in Cairo Press |
| Année de publication : |
2009 |
| Importance : |
221p. |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-977-416-144-5 |
| Prix : |
12€ |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Arabe (ara) |
| Catégories : |
Nouvelles
|
| Résumé : |
A novel and sixteen short stories make up this latest offering by Egypt's bestselling novelist as he reveals with skill ans detachment the minute stitches of pain that hold together an individual, a family, a school classroom and the relationship between a man and a woman. Can a man so alienated from his society that he regards all its members as no better than microbes wriggling under a microscope survive within it? Can cynical religiosity triumph over human decency? Can a man put the thought of a delicious dish of beans behind him long enough to mourn his father’s death? Alongside these wry questions, other, less mordant perspectives also have their place: an ageing cabaret dancer bestows the blessing of a vanished world on her lover’s son; a crippled boy wins subjective victory from objective disaster. In ‘Friendly Fire’, readers will find again the vivid, passionate characters of today's Cairo, clamouring to be heard." couv4. |
| En ligne : |
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Friendly Fire [texte imprimé] / Alaa El Aswany, Auteur ; Humphrey Davies, Traducteur . - The american University in Cairo Press, 2009 . - 221p. ISBN : 978-977-416-144-5 : 12€ Langues : Anglais ( eng) Langues originales : Arabe ( ara)
| Catégories : |
Nouvelles
|
| Résumé : |
A novel and sixteen short stories make up this latest offering by Egypt's bestselling novelist as he reveals with skill ans detachment the minute stitches of pain that hold together an individual, a family, a school classroom and the relationship between a man and a woman. Can a man so alienated from his society that he regards all its members as no better than microbes wriggling under a microscope survive within it? Can cynical religiosity triumph over human decency? Can a man put the thought of a delicious dish of beans behind him long enough to mourn his father’s death? Alongside these wry questions, other, less mordant perspectives also have their place: an ageing cabaret dancer bestows the blessing of a vanished world on her lover’s son; a crippled boy wins subjective victory from objective disaster. In ‘Friendly Fire’, readers will find again the vivid, passionate characters of today's Cairo, clamouring to be heard." couv4. |
| En ligne : |
https://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9781906697006-us.jpg |
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