New Translations at AUC Press
Papa Sarte Ali Bader This parody of the abuses and extravagances of pseudo-philosophers in the Baghdad of the sixties throws into relief the Iraqi intellectual and cultural life of the time and the reversal of fortune of some of Iraq's wealthy and powerful families. Cairo Swan Song Mekkawi Said Alienated from a corrupt and corrupting society, Mustafa watches as the Cairo he cherishes crumbles around him. The men and women of the city struggle to find lovers worthy of their sacrifice in a country that no longer deserves their loyalty. A Dog with No Tail Hamdi Abu Golayyel A collection of tales of Cairo's new Bedouin, men not settled by the state, but constantly uprooted by it. Like their lives, their stories are dislocated and unplotted, mapping out their quest for meaning in the very act of placing brick on brick and word on word.