Egypt on the eve of the 1973 October war. A young man has been drafted into the army. His father, the village elder, persuades a poor night-watchman to send his own son as a stand-in. But the impersonation plan goes horribly wrong, with tragicomic results. Qa’id’s tale of the fiasco — steeped in irony and black humor — parodies outrageous corruption and ludicrous bureaucracy. A skillfully crafted mosaic of life in modern Egypt.
Author: Ysuf Al-Qa’id
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: 11/01/1997
Series: Emerging Voices (Paperback)
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.28w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781566562270
Language: English
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