Abdellatif, Yasser
The Law of Inheritance (Arab List)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780857425454
- author:
- Abdellatif, Yasser
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 112
- Dimensions:
- 20.83 x 13.46 x 1.52 centimetres
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Collections,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
This lyrical novel tells the story of a young man living in Egypt in the 1990s, a time of great turmoil. Through his experiences and memories, Yasser Abdellatif unfolds the stories of his Nubian family, tracing the epochal changes the country underwent in the twentieth-century.
The symphonic four-part text presents Egyptian identity as a complex web of narratives that move us back and forth through time. The reader is taken on a journey across shifting tectonic plates of vignettes, brought forth by Abdellatif's immaculately limpid prose poetry.
As the characters navigate their way-stations and the nation that contains them, their stories become a murmuration of starlings - held together and apart forever. A powerful exploration of identity, belonging, and the human experience.
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