Description
Like a Summer Never to Be Repeated is a highly experimental story based loosely around the author's own experiences in Egypt as a Moroccan student and visiting intellectual. In Cairo the narrator, Hammad, takes us on a deeply personal journey of discovery from the heady days of the 1950s and 1960s, with all the optimism and excitement surrounding Moroccan independence, Suez, and Abd al-Nasser, up to the 1990s and the time of writing, revealing an individual intensely concerned with Arab life and culture. Meanwhile, his regular visits to Cairo allow us to watch a culture in transition over four decades.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
192 pages
Language
English
Published
Mar 1, 2009
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Editions
3 editions
ISBN-10
9774162463
ISBN-13
9789774162466