The Zafarani files

Author/Creator:

Ghīṭānī, Jamāl, author

Publication/Creation:

Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, 2009

Format:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

The Zafarani files / Gamal al-Ghitani ; translated by Farouk Abdel Wahab

Uniform Title:

Waqaʼiʼ Harat al-Zaʼfarani.

Series Titles:

Modern Arabic Literature

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Wahab, Farouk Abdel, translator

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Arabic fiction

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Cover; Copyright Page; Body; Glossary

Summary:

An unknown observer is watching the residents of a small, closely-knit neighborhood in Cairo's old city, making notes. The college graduate, the street vendors, the political prisoner, the café owner, the taxi driver, the beautiful green-eyed young wife with the troll of a husband-all are subjects of surveillance. The watcher's reports flow seamlessly into a narrative about Zafarani Alley, a village tucked into a corner of the city, where intrigue is the main entertainment, and everyone has a secret. Suspicion, superstition, and a wicked humor prevail in this darkly comedic novel. Drawing upon

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

General Note:

"A modern Arabic novel"--Cover.
First published in Arabic in 1976 as Waqaʼiʼ Harat al-Zaʼfarani.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937939932002486

ISBN:

1-61797-149-9
1-61797-421-8

OCLC Number:

873141616