The Automobile Club of Egypt

by Alaa Al Aswany, Alaa El Aswany, Alaa al-Aswani, et al.

Book Overview

From the most popular Egyptian novelist of his generation ( a suitable heir to the mantle worn by Naguib Mahfouz The Guardian ), a rollicking, exuberant and powerfully moving story of a family swept up by social unrest in post World War II Cairo. Once a respected landowner, Abd el-Aziz Gaafar fell into penury and moved his family to Cairo, where he was forced into menial work at the Automobile Club a refuge of colonial luxury for its European members...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307957217
• ISBN13: 9780307957214
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.6" x 9.5"