The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al AswanyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Another excellent find from the 2nd and Charles Free book bin. I confess this is the first piece of Egyptian fiction that I have ever read.
It is the story of the inhabitants of one building, and, as you may imagine, it is a critique of Egyptian society in general, from the good to the extremely bad. There are plenty of uncomfortable sections, and in fact I sort of skipped over one of them. Still, it kept me interested throughout, and I found myself looking up many terms and places that were mentioned.
I also heard that they made a movie based on this book, which I would really like to watch at some point.
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