Mortal Designs

By Reem Bassiouney

Book Overview

Captain Murad is busy planning for the Afterlife. He dreams of a grand, sunlit mausoleum on the banks of the Nile. To realize his pharaonic folly, the retired captain kindles an unlikely romance between Hazem, a feckless architect longing for immortality, and Asma, an impoverished single mother who strives for a better life for her children. As Murad's tomb rises on the riverbank, so Hazem and Asma fall in love. A contemporary Egyptian romance of rare grace and wit, played out by characters trapped in their attitudes toward class and gender.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774167147
• ISBN13: 9789774167140
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 8.0"