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An Egyptian in the Swinging Sixties: The Diaries of Waguih Ghali: Volume 1: 1964-66
May Hawas
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Hawas, May. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
In 1968 Egyptian novelist and political exile Waguih Ghali committed suicide in the London flat of his editor, friend, and sometime lover, Diana Athill. Ghali left behind six notebooks of diaries that for decades were largely inaccessible to the public. An Egyptian in the Swinging Sixties is the first publication of its kind of the journals, casting fascinating light on a likeable and highly enigmatic literary personality.Waguih Ghali (1930?-69), author of the acclaimed novel Beer in the Snooker Club, was a libertine, sponger, and manic depressive, but also an extraordinary writer, a pacifist, and a savvy political commentator. Covering the ... Read more
In 1968 Egyptian novelist and political exile Waguih Ghali committed suicide in the London flat of his editor, friend, and sometime lover, Diana Athill. Ghali left behind six notebooks of diaries that for decades were largely inaccessible to the public. An Egyptian in the Swinging Sixties is the first publication of its kind of the journals, casting fascinating light on a likeable and highly enigmatic literary personality.Waguih Ghali (1930?-69), author of the acclaimed novel Beer in the Snooker Club, was a libertine, sponger, and manic depressive, but also an extraordinary writer, a pacifist, and a savvy political commentator. Covering the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774167805
SKU
V9789774167805
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About May Hawas
May Hawas received her PhD in literature from Leuven University in 2014. In addition to her editorial experience she has worked in various NGOs concerned with women's issues and youth employment. Some of her short stories have been published in Mizna Journal, Yellow Medicine, and African Writing. She currently teaches English literature at the University of Alexandria.
Reviews for An Egyptian in the Swinging Sixties: The Diaries of Waguih Ghali: Volume 1: 1964-66
Certainly a must-read for anyone interested in Ghali's work and perhaps of wider interest.
Marcia Lynx Qualey, Arabic Literature (in English)
Marcia Lynx Qualey, Arabic Literature (in English)