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House of the wolf

Qam�h�aw�i, �Izzat (author.). Roberts, Nancy N., (translator.).

Summary: This novel is set in an idyllic Egyptian village from the time it was discovered by Muhammad Ali's mission in the early nineteenth century to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, movingly intertwining events on the world scene with the life dramas of its protagonists. The story opens with the pivotal character, Mubarka al-Fuli, now a grandmother and matriarch, wanting to dictate a letter to God for her grandson to send to the Almighty by email. We are then ushered back in time to Mubarka's fiery adolescence and her painfully aborted romance with Muntasir, son of the village's deceased but legendary strongman. The shifting fortunes of the al-Deeb clan affect every aspect of its members' lives, from their sexual vulnerabilities to the grief of loss, the uncertainties of a changing world, and the heartaches born of betrayal, and love unfulfilled.

Record details

ISBN: 9789774166204
ISBN: 9774166205
ISBN: 9781617975578
ISBN: 1617975575
Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustration
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"An Egyptian novel"--Cover CatMonthString:june.23 Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Text Begins -- Glossary
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Language Note:	Translated from the Arabic.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Awards Note:	Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.