A01=Mekkawi Said
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
An Egyptian novel shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Author_Mekkawi Said
automatic-update
B06=Adam Talib
Cairo Swan Song
Category1=Fiction
Category=FA
Category=FBA
Category=FYT
COP=Egypt
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_bestseller
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_modern-contemporary
eq_nobargain
FICTION Cultural Heritage
FICTION Literary
FICTION Urban
Hoopoe
Language_English
Mekkawi
PA=Available
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
Said
softlaunch
Product details
- ISBN 9789774169366
- Weight: 314g
- Dimensions: 130 x 205mm
- Publication Date: 20 Aug 2019
- Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
- Publication City/Country: EG
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
In the shadows of great wealth, and among Cairo’s famous monuments, runs a world of street children. Mustafa, a former student radical who never really believed in the slogans, sets out to tell their story through a documentary he is making with his American girlfriend, Marcia.
Alienated from a corrupt and corrupting society, Mustafa watches as the Cairo he cherishes crumbles around him. His former leftist comrades are now all either capitalists or Islamists, while his friends and acquaintances struggle to find lovers worthy of their love and causes worthy of their sacrifice, in a country that no longer deserves their loyalty. Meanwhile, the children of the streets wait for the city to take notice.
Cairo Swan Song weaves together a patchwork narrative of overlapping lives, dreams, and realities all centering on Cairo’s famous downtown neighborhood.
Mekkawi Said (1955–2017) was an award-winning writer from Cairo. His first collection of short stories appeared in 1981, and his first novel won the Suad Sabbah Arab Creativity Prize in 1991. Cairo Swan Song was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (the “Arabic Booker”) in 2008.
With a PhD from Oxford University, Adam Talib is currently an assistant professor at Durham University. He is an award-winning literary translator and has translated, among others, Khairy Shalaby and Raja Alem.
