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Black Magic : A Modern Arabic Novel by Hamdy el-Gazzar (2014, Trade Paperback)

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Title : Black Magic: A Modern Arabic Novel (Modern Arabic Literature (Paperback)). Binding : Paperback. Since 2001. Signed : False. Pages : 192. Publication Date : 2014-06-30. Condition : Very Good.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherAmerican University in Cairo Press

ISBN-109774166264

ISBN-139789774166266

eBay Product ID (ePID)175233627

Product Key Features

Book TitleBlack Magic : a Modern Arabic Novel

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Literary

Publication Year2014

GenreFiction

AuthorHamdy El-Gazzar

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight8.9 Oz

Item Length4.7 in

Item Width7.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Through the power of his imaginative black magic, Hamdy el-Gazzar resurrects slumbering art forms with a skill rarely seen in a young writer."--Al-Ahram "A new vision in narrative writing . . . . A novel of such elegance and intimacy is to be truly saluted."--al-Quds al-'Arabi

Dewey Decimal892.737

SynopsisAs a fourteen-year-old, Nasir was entranced by his father's gift of a camera, finding in it the means both to possess beauty and to assert himself. Now a hack working for state television, Nasir meets Fatin, an independent woman older than himself who has escaped a suffocating marriage and is secure in taking what she wants from life. An affair begins that quickly pulls Nasir into a whirlwind of incandescent erotic and emotional obsession. In a world of superficiality, materialism, violence, and sexual hysteria seen through the unforgiving lens of his camera, Nasir's life is in limbo. A yearning for escape and a fear of loneliness propel him into a relationship in which he is at once enraptured and non-committal. The resolution of this volatile mix lies in a violent confrontation between repulsion and desire. Black Magic was awarded the prestigious Sawiris Foundation Prize in Egyptian Literature in 2006.

LC Classification NumberPJ7926