Alaa Al Aswany: The Yacoubian Building
USA 2006, 255pp., brochure, € 14.95Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert. All manner of flawed and fragile humanity reside in the Yacoubian Building, a once-elegant temple of Art Deco splendor now slowly decaying in the smog and bustle of downtown Cairo: a fading aristocrat and self-proclaimed »scientist of women«, a sultry, voluptuous siren, a devout young student, feeling the irresistible pull toward fundamentalism, a newspaper editor helplessly in love with a ...
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