The Yacoubian Building (US PB)

Author(s): Alaa Al Aswany

Fiction

The lives of the inhabitants of an apartment building in downtown Cairo intertwine as the destinies of a fading aristocrat, voluptuous siren, devout doorman, secretly-gay editor, roof-squatting tailor, and corrupt politician come together.

General Information

  • : 9780060878139
  • : Harper Perennial
  • : fourth estate
  • : 0.218
  • : 01 August 2006
  • : United States
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Alaa Al Aswany
  • : Paperback / softback
  • : English
  • : 892.737
  • : 255

More About The Product

"Captivating and controversial .. . .an amazing glimpse of modern Egyptian society and culture." -- New York Review of Books