That Smell And Notes From Prison Sonallah Ibrahim New Directions Publishing Corporation Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Modern

That Smell Is Sonallah Ibrahim’s Modernist Masterpiece And One Of The Most Influential Novels Written In Arabic Since Wwii Composed After A Five-Year Term Prison Semi-Autobiographical Story Follows Recently Released Political Prisoner As He Wanders Through Cairo Adrift His Native City Living Under House Arrest Tries To Write Tortuous Experience But Instead Smokes Spies On Neighbors Visits Old Lovers Marvels At Egypt’s New Consumer Culture Published 1966 Was Immediately Banned Print-Run Confiscated Original Uncensored Version Did Not Appear Egypt For Another Twenty Years This Edition Translator Robyn Creswell Has Also Included An Annotated Selection Author’s Notes From Diaries—A Personal Archive Comprising Hundreds Handwritten Copied Onto Bafra-Brand Cigarette Papers Smuggled Out Jail These Stark Intense Writings Shed Unexpected Light Sources Motives Groundbreaking Novel Celebrated Essay About Writing Reception Σελίδες: 120 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0412 Διαστάσεις: 13 2X13 2Cm