Hunger
As with his earlier works, Mohamed El-Bisatie's novel is set in the Egyptian countryside, about which he writes with such understanding. Episodic in form, it deals with a family Zaghloul the layabout father, Sakeena the long-suffering wife, and two young boys. The central theme of the book is hunger: the hunger of not knowing where one's next meal is coming from, and the universal hunger for sex and love. Sakeena's life revolves round trying to provide her family with the necessary daily loaves of bread that will stave off starvation. Labor-shy Zaghloul works on and off at one of the village's cafés, but prefers to spend his time listening in…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-61797-198-3
- EAN: 9781617971983
- Produktnummer: 22570262
- Verlag: I.B.Tauris
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 124 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'714 KB
Über den Autor
MOHAMED EL-BISATIE is the author of a number of novels and collections of short stories, including A Last Glass of Tea and Other Stories (AUC Press, 1994) and Houses Behind the Trees (AUC Press, 1997). He was awarded the Oweiss prize in 2001.
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