Archive for the ‘Egypt’ Category

THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING by Alaa Al Aswany

THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING is a true literary blockbuster—“the best-selling novel in the Middle East for two years and the inspiration for the biggest budget movie ever produced in Egypt,” according to National Geographic. American readers coming to this novel will find it a vibrant and descriptive primer illuminating the various forces in contemporary Egypt that affect its current political climate. It is also a thoughtful analysis of why certain forces are as influential as they are today.

July 16, 2009 Tags: Literary, microcosm, World Lit Posted in: Debut Novel, Egypt, Literary, Middle East, Movie Material No Comments

THE WINTER VAULT by Anne Michaels

THE WINTER VAULT by Anne Michaels. Book review. Eleven years after the publication of Fugitive Pieces, her only other novel (and winner of the Orange Prize), Anne Michaels has published a monumental philosophical novel which is also exciting to read for its characters and their conflicts.

April 21, 2009 Tags: Environmental, Literary, Real Event Fiction Posted in: Award Winning Author, Book Club Choice, Egypt, Literary, Top Pick 3 Comments

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