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Hunger

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Hunger

By Mohamed El-Bisatie

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About the book

As with his earlier works, Mohamed El-Bisatie's novel is set in the Egyptian countryside, about which he writes with such understanding. Episodic in form, it deals with a family Zaghloul the layabout father, Sakeena the long-suffering wife, and two young boys. The central theme of the book is hunger: the hunger of not knowing where one's next meal is coming from, and the universal hunger for sex and love. Sakeena's life revolves round trying to provide her family with the necessary daily loaves ...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9789774166808

Publisher

The American University in Cairo Press

Published year

2014

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Hunger

Format

Paperback

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