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Egyptian and American lives collide on a college campus in post-9/11 Chicago, and crises of identity abound in the extraordinary second novel from the highly acclaimed author of "The Yacoubian Building." This is a story of love, sex, friendship, hatred, and ambition, pulsating and alive with a rich and unforgettable cast of American and Arab characters who are achingly human in their desires and needs. Beautifully rendered, this is an illuminating portrait of America, a complex, often contradictory land in which triumph and failure, opportunity and oppression, small dramas and big dreams coexist. "Chicago" is a powerfully engrossing novel of culture and individuality from one of the most original voices in contemporary world literature.
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Chicago, Alaa el Aswany
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- Released
- 2010
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- Title
- Chicago
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Alaa el Aswany
- Publisher
- American University in Cairo Press
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 340
- ISBN10
- 9774163796
- ISBN13
- 9789774163791
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Politics, German Literature, USA, Social Critique, Egypt, University, College, Secret Services, Migration
- Original title
- Šīkāǧū
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- Egyptian and American lives collide on a college campus in post-9/11 Chicago, and crises of identity abound in the extraordinary second novel from the highly acclaimed author of "The Yacoubian Building." This is a story of love, sex, friendship, hatred, and ambition, pulsating and alive with a rich and unforgettable cast of American and Arab characters who are achingly human in their desires and needs. Beautifully rendered, this is an illuminating portrait of America, a complex, often contradictory land in which triumph and failure, opportunity and oppression, small dramas and big dreams coexist. "Chicago" is a powerfully engrossing novel of culture and individuality from one of the most original voices in contemporary world literature.