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A Dog with No Tail
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Very good
A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Located in: Slingerlands, New York, United States
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eBay item number:334888163601
Item specifics
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller notes
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- Arabic
- Edition
- First Edition
- Type
- Novel
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9789774163012
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
American University in Cairo Press
ISBN-10
977416301X
ISBN-13
9789774163012
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038614710
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dog with No Tail
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Literary
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
6.1 in
Item Width
9.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"A Dog with No Tail is many things: a sophisticated storytelling experiment; a subaltern chronicle of the invisible world of day labour and the fading history of a Bedouin tribe; and a guarded but deeply felt celebration of writing"--The National
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Synopsis
In a world with no meaning, meaning is an act . . . This is a story about building things up and knocking them down. Here are the campfire tales of Egypt's dispossessed and disillusioned, the anti-Arabian Nights. Our narrator, a rural immigrant from the Bedouin villages of the Fayoum, an aspiring novelist and construction laborer of the lowest order, leads us down a fractured path of reminiscence in his quest for purpose and identity in a world where the old orders and traditions are powerless to help. Bawdy and wistful, tragicomic and bitter, his stories loop and repeat, crackling with the frictive energy of colliding worlds and linguistic registers. These are the tales of Cairo's new Bedouin, men not settled by the state but permanently uprooted by it. Like their lives, their stories are dislocated and unplotted, mapping out their quest for meaning in the very act of placing brick on brick and word on word., This is a story about building things up and knocking them down. Here are the campfire tales of Egypt's dispossessed and disillusioned, the anti-Arabian Nights. Our narrator, a rural immigrant from the Bedouin villages of the Fayoum, an aspiring novelist and construction laborer of the lowest order, leads us down a fractured path of reminiscence in his quest for purpose and identity in a world where the old orders and traditions are powerless to help.
LC Classification Number
PJ7808.J85
Item description from the seller
Seller feedback (1,887)
- 5***i (43)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThank you for your message on my receipt, I most certainly do love it! Huge fan of the nature of the formation of this Great Republic and anything having to do with our real history. Thank you!!! Let's see, arrived right on time, just a few days 🙌 Was pretty well protected by it's packaging, double wrapped, double packaged. Item was much more than I expected from the single photo I had to go off of. I am very happy with this purchase, excellent value. Fantastic seller ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- t***9 (1178)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseArrived fast, extremely well protected from damage and arrived in perfect condition, and better than VG condition as could be considered like new. Excellent communication with the seller. Over all the years I have been purchasing, this is a top seller. Cares about the item being sold and even though listed as VG, did give an excellent an accurate desc of the book making it much better than just VG. I hope that there are other items the seller has that I would like to purchase. Thanks
- 3***f (17)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe book is beautiful, much nicer than described. The seller was willing to negotiate price, and shipped in a well packaged box in an epeditious fashion. I would definitely buy from this seller again.
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Seller feedback (1,887)
- 5***i (43)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThank you for your message on my receipt, I most certainly do love it! Huge fan of the nature of the formation of this Great Republic and anything having to do with our real history. Thank you!!! Let's see, arrived right on time, just a few days 🙌 Was pretty well protected by it's packaging, double wrapped, double packaged. Item was much more than I expected from the single photo I had to go off of. I am very happy with this purchase, excellent value. Fantastic seller ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- t***9 (1178)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseArrived fast, extremely well protected from damage and arrived in perfect condition, and better than VG condition as could be considered like new. Excellent communication with the seller. Over all the years I have been purchasing, this is a top seller. Cares about the item being sold and even though listed as VG, did give an excellent an accurate desc of the book making it much better than just VG. I hope that there are other items the seller has that I would like to purchase. Thanks
- 3***f (17)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe book is beautiful, much nicer than described. The seller was willing to negotiate price, and shipped in a well packaged box in an epeditious fashion. I would definitely buy from this seller again.