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The Pistachio Seller (Middle East Literature in Translation)
Reem Bassiouney
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Paperback. A wonderfully exuberant novel of quixotic adolescent longing and the enduring search for self, set in middle-class urban Egypt. Translator(s): Nusairi, Osman. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
It was Saturday. I remember. And while he was standing on a step ladder in the hall, changing a light bulb in the faint light coming through the window, I decided to love him."" So begins this wonderfully exuberant novel of quixotic adolescent longing and the enduring search for self. Set in middle-class urban Egypt, the story chronicles young Wafaa’s struggle to come to terms with her own sexuality and her romantic infatuation with her cousin Ashraf, a spoiled and confident young Egyptian who was educated in England. Ashraf’s worldliness and carefree attitudes stand in sharp contrast to Wafaa’s provincial ... Read more
It was Saturday. I remember. And while he was standing on a step ladder in the hall, changing a light bulb in the faint light coming through the window, I decided to love him."" So begins this wonderfully exuberant novel of quixotic adolescent longing and the enduring search for self. Set in middle-class urban Egypt, the story chronicles young Wafaa’s struggle to come to terms with her own sexuality and her romantic infatuation with her cousin Ashraf, a spoiled and confident young Egyptian who was educated in England. Ashraf’s worldliness and carefree attitudes stand in sharp contrast to Wafaa’s provincial ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Middle East Literature in Translation
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815610311
SKU
V9780815610311
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