The Republic of False Truths

Informationen zum Autor Alaa Al Aswany originally trained as a dentist and retains his own dental practice in Cairo. His novel The Yacoubian Building has sold over one million copies worldwide and was the bestselling novel in the Arab world for over five years. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages and published in over one hundred countries. He speaks Arabic, English, French, and Spanish. Al Aswany has received many awards internationally, including the Bashrahil Award for the Arabic novel, the Kafavis Award from Greece, and the Grinzane Cavour Award from Italy, and was named by The Times as one of the fifty best authors to have been translated into English over the last fifty years. In 2016, he was appointed a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France. Klappentext 'An amazing portrait of fanaticism and cynicism among Egyptian powermongers.' - Andre Aciman Vorwort 'An amazing portrait of fanaticism and cynicism among Egyptian powermongers.' ANDRÉ ACIMAN Zusammenfassung 'An amazing portrait of fanaticism and cynicism among Egyptian powermongers.' - Andre Aciman

Product details

• Authors: Alaa Al Aswany
• Assisted by: S. R. Fellowes (Translation)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2021
• EAN: 9780571347599
• ISBN: 978-0-571-34759-9
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Egypt, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Political activism / Political engagement, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary