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The Republic of False Truths
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Cairo, 2011. After decades under a repressive regime, tensions are rising in the city streets. No one is out of reach of the revolution. There is General Alwany, a high-ranking member of the government's security agency, a pious man who loves his family yet won't hesitate to torture enemies of the state; Asma, a young teacher who chafes against the brazen corruption at her school; Ashraf, an out-of-work actor who is having an affair with his maid and who gets pulled into Tahrir Square through a chance encounter; Nourhan, a television personality who loyally defends those in power; and many more.
As these lives collide, a new generation finds a voice, love blossoms across class divides, and the revolution gains strength. Even the general finds himself at a crossroads as his own daughter joins the protests. Yet the old regime will not give up without a fight.
With an unforgettably vivid cast of characters and a heart-pounding narrative banned across much of the region, Alaa Al Aswany gives us a deeply human portrait of the Egyptian Revolution, and an impassioned retelling of his country's turbulent recent history.
Book Details
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publish Date: Jul 19th, 2022
- Pages: 416
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.95in - 5.12in - 1.02in - 0.75lb
- EAN: 9780307947345
- Categories: • Political• Urban & Street Lit• War & Military
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Alaa al-Aswany's latest book, "The Republic of False Truths," has been banned throughout most of the Middle East. https://t.co/YEbuKhU7di
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Critics’ reviews
Praise for this book
"The novel seethes . . . Mr. Al Aswany conveys the mixed lessons of the revolution."--Wall Street Journal
"The Republic of False Truths is a lively record. Aswany pulls no punches"--Foreign Policy
"Brave, sobering, provocative, and thoroughly absorbing . . . A gripping chorus of voices . . . In today's splintered and partisan political and media landscape, this is a stark lesson for democracies everywhere: Whomever controls the narrative, controls the outcomes." --Booklist (starred)
"It goes places that no nonfiction account could . . . Sweeping, nuanced."--Seattle Times
"Ambitious and hard-hitting." --Kirkus Reviews
U.K.
"Masterly...Alaa Al Aswany's novel puts him in the company of writers such as Joseph Conrad or Mario Vargas Llosa as an outstanding fictional confronter or authoritarianism." --Sunday Times
"A glorious, humane novel." --The Observer
"Blistering, bold...A multi-voiced work of elation and dispair." --Financial Times
"A gorgeous novel...Moving...Al Aswany is a beautiful writer." --The Independent
"Effervescent...An evocative and informed account of an important moment in Egyptian society...Exhilarating in its storytelling and devastating in its societal critique." --Irish Times
France
"Extraordinary storyteller Alaa Al Aswany pulls off the great novel of the Egyptian revolution."--Télérama
"A breathtaking and suspenseful novel, built like a saga and inhabited by splendid characters...It will move readers across the whole world." --Le Point
"Al Aswany is a writer of great talent, a rare man whose courage is not merely literary." --Le Figaro Littéraire
Denmark
"Totally phenomenal." --Weekendavisen
"An exceptionally important account of the Arab Spring." --Information
"A monumental piece of fiction." --Literatursiden
Germany
"In literary terms, Al Aswany is at the summit." --Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"Perhaps the greatest strength of this novel is that, despite its ruthless analysis of Egypt's failed revolution, it never ignores the human aspect." --DLF Büchermarkt
"In the tradition of epic realism, elevated to mastery by Naguib Mahfouz, Al Aswany presents the Egyptian revolution as a monumental drama of a failure...[The novel features] a cleverly balanced choreography of characters, an exciting plot, and long stretches of reading pleasure. It's a film in words." --Badische Zeitung
What people are saying
The magazine for global politics, economics, and ideas 🌎 || Sign up for our newsletters: https://t.co/vasoTyHsYj
Alaa al-Aswany's latest book, "The Republic of False Truths," has been banned throughout most of the Middle East. https://t.co/YEbuKhU7di
Dedicated to publishing distinguished fiction and nonfiction since 1915.
New in paperback today: 🖤 THE REPUBLIC OF FALSE TRUTHS by Alaa Al Aswany (translated by S. R. Fellowes) 💛 LORNA MOTT COMES HOME by Diane Johnson 🧡 THE SON by Jo Nesbø (translated by Don Bartlett) newly part of the Black Lizard Collection with an introduction by James Ellroy https://t.co/im9vIMxMiZ