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That Smell and Notes from Prison
Sonallah Ibrahim
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Description for That Smell and Notes from Prison
Paperback. Translator(s): Creswell, Robyn. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 144 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132.
That Smell is Sonallah Ibrahim’s modernist masterpiece and one of the most influential novels written in Arabic since WWII. Composed after a five-year term in prison, the semi-autobiographical story follows a recently released political prisoner as he wanders through Cairo, adrift in his native city. Living under house arrest, he tries to write of his tortuous experience, but instead smokes, spies on the neighbors, visits old lovers, and marvels at Egypt’s new consumer culture. Published in 1966, That Smell was immediately banned and the print-run confiscated. The original, uncensored version did not appear in Egypt for another twenty years.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780811220361
SKU
V9780811220361
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About Sonallah Ibrahim
Born in Cairo in 1937, Sonallah Ibrahim studied law at Cairo University and was imprisoned in 1959 for his political activities. After his release he spent several years abroad and returned in 1974 to Cairo, where he has lived ever since. In 2004 he was awarded — and pointedly declined — the Egyptian government’s prestigious Novelist of the Year prize. ... Read more
Reviews for That Smell and Notes from Prison
"One of the Arab world's most distinguished novelist... an intellectual who thoroughly understands the price and value of freedom."
Sarnia Mehrez - Al-Ahram "Since the 1960s, Sonallah Ibrahim has been Egypt's literary voice of political conscience."
Jadaliyya "That Smell is not just a story, it is a revolution, the beginning of which is the artist's rebellion against himself." ... Read more
Sarnia Mehrez - Al-Ahram "Since the 1960s, Sonallah Ibrahim has been Egypt's literary voice of political conscience."
Jadaliyya "That Smell is not just a story, it is a revolution, the beginning of which is the artist's rebellion against himself." ... Read more