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Alaa al aswany has 34 books on goodreads with 76584 ratings. Alaa al aswany has won resounding critical acclaim for his deft and moving portrayals of the. A dentist whose first office was in the yacoubian building, al aswany has written prolifically for egyptian newspapers across the political spectrum on literature, politics, and social issues. Lexical obscurities, ambiguities of characterisation, tricksy narrative devices. Oct 06, 2009 alaa al aswany is the internationally bestselling author of the yacoubian building and chicago. Alaa al aswany international awardwinning novelist alaa. Jay parini, the guardian uk from one of egypts most acclaimed novelists, here is a vivid chronicle of egyptian society, with penetrating analysis of all the most urgent issueseconomic stagnation, police brutality, poverty, the. Alaa al aswany primary author only author division. A journalist who writes a controversial opposition column, al aswany makes his living as a dentist in cairo. The main characters of this fiction, northern africa story are. Alaa al aswany is best known for his internationallyrenowned novel imarat yaqubian the yacoubian building 2002.
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