If an Egyptian cannot speak English : a novel / Noor Naga.
Publication details: Minneapolis, Minn. : Graywolf Press, 2022.Description: 186 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9781644450819 (trade pbk.)
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- Giller Prize shortlist 2022.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Fiction | Hanover Public Library Shelves | FIC NAGA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31906001232546 |
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, an Egyptian American woman and a man from the village of Shobrakheit meet at a cafe in Cairo. He was a photographer of the revolution, but now finds himself unemployed and addicted to cocaine, living in a rooftop shack. She is a nostalgic daughter of immigrants "returning" to a country she's never been to before, teaching English and living in a light-filled flat with balconies on all sides. They fall in love and he moves in. But soon their desire--for one another, for the selves they want to become through the other--takes a violent turn that neither of them expected.
Giller Prize shortlist 2022.
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