Khairy Shalaby

The Hashish Waiter

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Tucked away in a rundown quarter, just out of sight of fashionable 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 initia… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Talib, Adam (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-977-416-300-5
EAN: 9789774163005
Produktnummer: 32909564
Verlag: Amer Univ In Cairo Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 243 S.
Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.5 cm x D2.3 cm 658 g
Gewicht: 658

Über den Autor

Khairy Shalaby, born in Kafr al-Shaykh in Egypt's Nile Delta in 1938, has written seventy books. The Lodging House was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2003. He died on 9 September 2011.Adam Talib is the translator of Mekkawi Said's novel Cairo Swan Song (AUC Press, 2009).