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Alaa Al Aswany

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From Alaa Al Aswany, the author of the highly-acclaimed The Yacoubian Building, comes a story of love, sex, friendship, hatred, and ambition set in the midwestern city with a cast of American and Arab characters achingly human in their desires and needs. Chicago offers an illuminating portrait of America--a complex, often contradictory land in which triumph and failure, opportunity and oppression, licentiousness and tender love, small dramas and big dreams, coexist.

Book Details

Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publish Date: Sep 29th, 2009
Pages: 352
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.40in - 0.83in - 0.58lb
EAN: 9780061452581
Categories: • Romance - Contemporary• Cultural Heritage• Friendship

About the Author

Al Aswany, Alaa: -

Alaa Al Aswany is the internationally bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building and Chicago. A journalist who writes a controversial opposition column, Al Aswany makes his living as a dentist in Cairo.

Praise for this book

"Egyptian author Al Aswany weaves a vivid tapestry of clashing cultures in post 9/11 Chicago. . . . The characters are beautifully realized [and] each of the story lines is individually compelling." -- Publishers Weekly

"...Al Aswany's knack for making the personal political." -- New York magazine

"While the book explores political points, it's ultimately a pluralist drama, complete with cliffhangers." -- Washington Post Express

"Aswany sensitively probes the nature of courage and patriotism. . . . [T]he story moves in surprising directions, and the ambiguity of life is well reflected in an unabashedly untidy conclusion. -- The New Yorker

"Al Aswany writes about his Egyptian characters with charm, gentle humor, and genuine conviction." -- New York Times Book Review