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portada Hookah Nights: Tales From Cairo
Type
Physical Book
Year
2018
Language
English
Pages
144
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9781850773146

Hookah Nights: Tales From Cairo

Anne-Marie Drosso (Author) · Darf Publishers · Paperback

Hookah Nights: Tales From Cairo - Anne-Marie Drosso

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Synopsis "Hookah Nights: Tales From Cairo"

Anne-Marie Drosso’s collection of fourteen short stories guides us through the turbulence of Egyptian modern history – from Gamal Abdel Nasser’s early days of glory, to Abdel Fatah el-Sisi’s recent assumption of power. Each story weaves a tapestry of hope, crisis and despair, illustrated through an array of characters trying to make sense of their lives in the face of social change and political turmoil. Drosso fictionalises potent segments of time from the mid-20th century onwards, revisiting illuminative figures from and affiliated with the ‘Cradle of Civilisation’. The collection kicks off with ‘Good Man’, a story based on the life and death of writer and diplomat Herbert Norman (1909-1957), who was the Canadian Ambassador to Egypt (1955-1957) during the Suez Crisis. ‘Lee is Coming’ is loosely based on Lee Miller (1907-1977), the model, muse and photographer, following her divorce from an Egyptian businessman. These personal, often touching tales provide a seamless narrative to the Egypt’s tumultuous transitional phase.

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