Winner of the the Betty Trask Prize 2018
Winner of the Best Debut Under 35 from the Soeicty of Authors
Winner of the Prix de le Litterature, Institut Du Monde Arabe
A Boston Globe and White Review Book of the Year
Egypt, 2011: this is a revolution. On the streets of Cairo, a violent uprising is transforming the course of history. Mariam and Khalil, two young activists, are swept up in the fervour. Their lives will never be the same again.
The City Always Wins captures the feverish intensity of the 2011 Egyptian revolution - from the euphoria of mass protests, to the silence of the morgue - piercing the bloody heart of the uprising.
Autorentext
Omar Robert Hamilton is an award-winning filmmaker and writer. He has written for the Guardian, the London Review of Books and Guernica. He co-founded the Mosireen media collective in Cairo and the Palestine Festival of Literature. This is his debut novel. www.orhamilton.com
Zusammenfassung
Winner of the the Betty Trask Prize 2018 Winner of the Best Debut Under 35 from the Soeicty of Authors Winner of the Prix de le Litterature, Institut Du Monde Arabe A Boston Globe and White Review Book of the Year Egypt, 2011: this is a revolution. On the streets of Cairo, a violent uprising is transforming the course of history. Mariam and Khalil, two young activists, are swept up in the fervour. Their lives will never be the same again. The City Always Wins captures the feverish intensity of the 2011 Egyptian revolution - from the euphoria of mass protests, to the silence of the morgue - piercing the bloody heart of the uprising.
Titel
The City Always Wins
Autor
EAN
9780571332670
ISBN
978-0-571-33267-0
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Genre
Veröffentlichung
01.08.2017
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
1.13 MB
Anzahl Seiten
240
Jahr
2017
Untertitel
Englisch
Auflage
Main
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