Alaa al Aswany was born in 1957. He is a dentist by profession, and for many years practised in the Yacoubian Building, which was to form the setting for his bestselling novel of the same name. He has written prolifically for Egyptian newspapers on politics, literature and social issues and his second novel, ‘Chicago’, was published by Fourth Estate in 2008.
La revolución egipcia de 2011 cogió al mundo por sorpresa y obligó a revisar los análisis políticos y sociales erróneos que, desde hacía tiempo, se habían hecho sobre Egipto.Alaa Al Aswany, uno de los novelistas más aclamados de Egipto, nos ofrece una crónica viva de la sociedad...
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