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The Automobile Club of Egypt
Published by
Penguin Books Australia, 2015
ISBN 10: 1926428390
ISBN 13: 9781926428390
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Paperback
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Good. Abd el-Aziz Gaafar, formerly a well-respected landowner now in the grip of penury, moved his family to Cairo and took on menial work at the Automobile Club - a place of refuge and luxury for its European members, a place where Egyptians may appear only as servants. Alku, the lifelong Nubian servant of Egypt's corrupt king, runs the show in all but name. The servants, a squabbling, humorous, and deeply human group, live in a perpetual state of fear: beaten for their mistakes, their wages dependent on Alku's whims. When Abd el-Aziz's pride gets the better of him and he stands up for himself, his death - as much from shame as from his injuries after Alku has him beaten - leaves his widow further impoverished, and two of his sons obliged to work in the Club. As the family is drawn into the turbulent politics - public and private - both servants and masters are subsumed by Egypt's social upheaval. Soon the Egyptians of the Automobile Club face a stark choice: to live safely but without dignity as servants, or to fight for their rights and risk everything. 475 pages. Seller Inventory # 1550728
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The Automobile Club of Egypt
Published by
Penguin, Melbourne, 2015
ISBN 10: 1926428390
ISBN 13: 9781926428390
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Softcover
First Edition
Seller: Great Southern Books, King River, WA, Australia
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 475 pages. This book is available and will be shipped within two business days. All items are tracked and details are available on request. A rollicking, exuberant and powerfully moving story of a family swept up by social unrest in post-World War II Cairo. Once a respected landowner, Abd el-Aziz Gaafar fell into penury and moved his family to Cairo, where he was forced into menial work at the Automobile Club - a of refuge of colonial luxury for its European members. Full of absorbing incident, and marvelously drawn characters, The Automobile Club of Egypt gives us Egypt on the brink of changes that resonate to this day. It is an irresistible confirmation of Al Aswany's reputation as one of the world's most beguiling storytellers and insightful interpreters of the human spirit. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Egypt; 1940s; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781926428390. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 5968. Seller Inventory # 5968
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