In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, an Egyptian American woman and a man from the village of Shobrakheit meet at a café in Cairo. He was a photographer of the revolution, but now finds himself unemployed and addicted to cocaine, living in a rooftop shack. She is a nostalgic daughter of immigrants "returning" to a country she's never been to before, teaching English and living in a light-filled flat with balconies on all sides. They fall in love and he moves in. But soon their desire--for one another, for the selves they want to become through the. other--takes a violent turn that neither of them expected.
ISBN: | 9781644450819 |
Publisher: | Graywolf Press |
Imprint: | Graywolf Press |
Published date: | 12 Apr 2022 |
DEWEY: | 813.6 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 186 |
Weight: | 263g |
Height: | 211mm |
Width: | 143mm |
Spine width: | 14mm |