The Cheapest Nights
[New York] : Penguin Books, 2020.
Format: Book
Description: xvii, 185 pages ; 20 cm.
"A collection of short stories that explores the everyday life of people in Egypt"-- Provided by publisher.
Series: Penguin classics.
Other Authors:
Fishere, Ezzedine C. (Ezzedine Choukri), 1966- author of foreword.
Wassef, Wadida, 1926- translator, author of introduction.
Fishere, Ezzedine C. (Ezzedine Choukri), 1966- author of foreword.
Wassef, Wadida, 1926- translator, author of introduction.
Contents:
The cheapest nights -- You are everything to me -- The errand -- Hard up -- The queue -- The funeral ceremony -- All on a summer's night -- The caller in the night -- The dregs of the city -- Did you have to turn on the light, Li-Li? -- Death from old age-- Bringing in the bride -- The shame -- Because the day of judgment never comes -- The freak.
Subjects:
Idrīs, Yūsuf -- Translations into English.
Egypt -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Idrīs, Yūsuf -- Translations into English.
Egypt -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
ISBN:
0143133985
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Idris | Main (Downtown) | Display - Second Level, Fiction | In |