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A Dog with No Tail
Hamdi Abu Golayyel
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In a world with no meaning, meaning is an act . . . This is a story about building things up and knocking them down. Here are the campfire tales of Egypt’s dispossessed and disillusioned, the anti-Arabian Nights. Our narrator, a rural immigrant from the Bedouin villages of the Fayoum, an aspiring novelist and construction laborer of the lowest order, leads us down a fractured path of reminiscence in his quest for purpose and identity in a world where the old orders and traditions are powerless to help. Bawdy and wistful, tragicomic and bitter, his stories loop ... Read more
In a world with no meaning, meaning is an act . . . This is a story about building things up and knocking them down. Here are the campfire tales of Egypt’s dispossessed and disillusioned, the anti-Arabian Nights. Our narrator, a rural immigrant from the Bedouin villages of the Fayoum, an aspiring novelist and construction laborer of the lowest order, leads us down a fractured path of reminiscence in his quest for purpose and identity in a world where the old orders and traditions are powerless to help. Bawdy and wistful, tragicomic and bitter, his stories loop ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774167362
SKU
V9789774167362
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99-15
About Hamdi Abu Golayyel
Hamdi Abu Golayyel was born in the Fayoum, Egypt, in 1967. He is the author of three short story collections and two novels, the first of which, Thieves in Retirement, was published in English in 2007. A Dog with No Tail was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2008. Robin Moger studied Egyptology and Arabic ... Read more
Reviews for A Dog with No Tail
"A sophisticated storytelling experiment. . . and a guarded but deeply felt celebration of writing"—The National “A clever and complex meditation . . . full of swift sarcasm . . . an exploration of Abu Golayyel’s Bedouin identity”—Ursula Lindsey, Egypt Independent “A darkly funny social satire.”—Bidoun "A great read"—Mona Zaki, Banipal on Thieves in Retirement "Masterful ... Read more