9%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Tales from Dayrut: Short Stories
Mohamed Mustagab
€ 19.99
€ 18.20
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Tales from Dayrut: Short Stories
Paperback. The black humor of life in an Upper Egyptian village from a previously un-translated writer Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 118 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
This collection of fourteen connected stories and a novella, From the Secret History of Human Abdel Hafez, takes us deep into upper Egypt and the village of Dayrut al-Sharif, in which Mohamed Mustagab was born. To depict a world renowned for its poverty, ignorance, vendettas, and implacable code of honor, Mustagab deploys the black humour and Swiftian sarcasm of the insider who knows his society only too well. When the stillness of a day's end is shattered by a single gunshot, poignant beauty merges seamlessly into horror, and when a police officer seeking to unravel a murder finds himself with ... Read more
This collection of fourteen connected stories and a novella, From the Secret History of Human Abdel Hafez, takes us deep into upper Egypt and the village of Dayrut al-Sharif, in which Mohamed Mustagab was born. To depict a world renowned for its poverty, ignorance, vendettas, and implacable code of honor, Mustagab deploys the black humour and Swiftian sarcasm of the insider who knows his society only too well. When the stillness of a day's end is shattered by a single gunshot, poignant beauty merges seamlessly into horror, and when a police officer seeking to unravel a murder finds himself with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774167072
SKU
V9789774167072
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Mohamed Mustagab
Mohamed Mustagab (1938-2006), born in the Upper Egyptian town of Dayrut, was general director of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo, and wrote prolifically in the latter half of the twentieth century, receiving numerous prizes. From the Secret Life of Numan Abdel Hafez was chosen as one of the top hundred novels from the Arab world in the ... Read more
Reviews for Tales from Dayrut: Short Stories