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.
Un retrato de El Cairo más literario y descarnado, el escritor rompe tabúes en la sociedad egipcia.Esta colección de relatos tiene una historia peculiar. Cuando terminó de escribirla, Alaa Al Aswany la presentó a la Organización del Libro de Egipto para que la publicaran. Allí la...
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