Chicago - A Novel

Zusatztext "Al Aswany writes about his Egyptian characters with charm! gentle humor! and genuine conviction." Informationen zum Autor Alaa Al Aswany is the internationally bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building and Chicago . A journalist who writes a controversial opposition column, Al Aswany makes his living as a dentist in Cairo. Klappentext Egyptian and American lives collide on a college campus in post-9/11 Chicago, and crises of identity abound in the extraordinary second novel from the highly acclaimed author of The Yacoubian Building . This is a story of love, sex, friendship, hatred, and ambition, pulsating and alive with a rich and unforgettable cast of American and Arab characters who are achingly human in their desires and needs. Beautifully rendered, this is an illuminating portrait of America, a complex, often contradictory land in which triumph and failure, opportunity and oppression, small dramas and big dreams coexist. Chicago is a powerfully engrossing novel of culture and individuality from one of the most original voices in contemporary world literature. Zusammenfassung From Alaa Al Aswany! the author of the highly-acclaimed The Yacoubian Building! comes a story of love! sex! friendship! hatred! and ambition set in the midwestern city with a cast of American and Arab characters achingly human in their desires and needs. Chicago offers an illuminating portrait of America—a complex! often contradictory land in which triumph and failure! opportunity and oppression! licentiousness and tender love! small dramas and big dreams! coexist.

Product details

• Authors: Alaa Al Aswany, Ala Aswani, Alaa Al Aswany
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.09.2009
• EAN: 9780061452581
• ISBN: 978-0-06-145258-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; FICTION: General, FICTION: Romance / General, ISLAMIC STUDIES: LITERATURE, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Middle Eastern, FICTION: Cultural Heritage, FICTION: World Literature / Middle East / General, FICTION: World Literature / American / 21st Century, FICTION: World Literature / Central America, FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century