Temple Bar Egyptian Novel By. Bahaa Abdelmegid Trans. Wright Jonathan

Temple Bar Egyptian Novel By. Bahaa Abdelmegid Trans. Wright Jonathan

Product code: 9789774166600 AUC Press Egypt
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press (18 Dec. 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-13: 978-9774166600
Dublin is alien territory for young and impoverished Egyptian academic Mutazz, who is preparing a PhD on Irish poet Seamus Heaney. Mutazz has enough problems with his family's high expectations and the unrequited, idealized love that he left behind in Cairo. Now he has to deal with cantankerous landlords, the inscrutable local women, the Irish judiciary, haunted seminaries, and cold winter nights selling flowers on the banks of the Liffey to make ends meet.

His own personal demons travel with him, especially the clash between his sexual desires and his reluctance to become emotionally entangled with anyone other than his version of the ideal woman. In his year away from home Mutazz learns how diverse the world is, but returning to Cairo is a shock that tests his physical and mental strength.

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Product Code 9789774166600 AUC Press Egypt
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