The Zafarani Files

By جمال الغيطاني

Book Overview

The intrigues of an old Cairo quarter: gossip, spells, betrayals, and busybodies in a parable about political and personal freedoms"Absurdist and bleakly comic"--Robert Irwin, Times Literary... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906697159
• ISBN13: 9781906697150
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Arabia Books Ltd
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.2" x 4.9"

Customer Reviews

A riveting piece of world fiction

What goes on in the lives of Cairoans? "The Zafarani Files" is an exploration of the modern Cairo lifestyle, through the format of an observer looking over the people of the Zafarani alley. Drawing a picture with many vivid and unique characters, Egyptian author Gamal al-Ghitani gives a fine glimpse of what life in this city is like, and many Americans will learn that it is not that different than one would gather observing an alley in an American street. "The Zafarani Files" is a riveting piece of world fiction.