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Khairy Shalaby

The Hashish Waiter

A Novel

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Tucked away in a rundown quarter, just out of sight of downtown Cairo, a group of intellectuals gather regularly to smoke hashish in Hakeem's den. The den is the center of their lives, both a refuge and a stimulus, and at the center of the den is the remarkable man who keeps their hashish bowls topped up-Rowdy Salih.While his former life is a mystery to his loyal clientele of writers, painters, film directors, and even window dressers, each sees himself reflected in Salih; but without his humor, humility, or insight, or his occasional passions fueled by hootch. And when the nation has to face its own demons during the peace initiative of the… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Talib, Adam (Übers.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-61797-942-2
  • EAN: 9781617979422
  • Produktnummer: 31824881
  • Verlag: The American University in Cairo Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 940 KB

Über den Autor


Khairy Shalaby (1938-2011) was born in Kafr al-Shaykh in Egypt's Nile Delta. He wrote seventy books, including novels, short stories, historical tales, and critical studies. His novel The Lodging House was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2003, and was published in English translation by the AUC Press in 2006.

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