The Resource The Automobile Club of Egypt, Alaa Al Aswany ; translated from the Arabic by Russell Harris
The Automobile Club of Egypt, Alaa Al Aswany ; translated from the Arabic by Russell Harris
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- Summary
- Abd el-Aziz Gaafar, formerly a well-respected landowner now in the grip of penury, moved his family to Cairo and took on menial work at the Automobile Club - a place of refuge and luxury for its European members, a place where Egyptians may appear only as servants. Alku, the lifelong Nubian servant of Egypt's corrupt king, runs the show in all but name. The servants, a squabbling, humorous, and deeply human group, live in a perpetual state of fear: beaten for their mistakes, their wages dependent on Alku's whims. When Abd el-Aziz's pride gets the better of him and he stands up for himself, his death - as much from shame as from his injuries after Alku has him beaten - leaves his widow further impoverished, and two of his sons obliged to work in the Club. As the family is drawn into the turbulent politics - public and private - both servants and masters are subsumed by Egypt's social upheaval. Soon the Egyptians of the Automobile Club face a stark choice: to live safely but without dignity as servants, or to fight for their rights and risk everything
- Language
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- eng
- ara
- eng
- Extent
- 475 pages
- Note
- Originally published in Arabic: [Cairo], England : Dar El Shorouk, 2013
- Isbn
- 9781926428390
- Label
- The Automobile Club of Egypt
- Title
- The Automobile Club of Egypt
- Statement of responsibility
- Alaa Al Aswany ; translated from the Arabic by Russell Harris
- Language
-
- eng
- ara
- eng
- Summary
- Abd el-Aziz Gaafar, formerly a well-respected landowner now in the grip of penury, moved his family to Cairo and took on menial work at the Automobile Club - a place of refuge and luxury for its European members, a place where Egyptians may appear only as servants. Alku, the lifelong Nubian servant of Egypt's corrupt king, runs the show in all but name. The servants, a squabbling, humorous, and deeply human group, live in a perpetual state of fear: beaten for their mistakes, their wages dependent on Alku's whims. When Abd el-Aziz's pride gets the better of him and he stands up for himself, his death - as much from shame as from his injuries after Alku has him beaten - leaves his widow further impoverished, and two of his sons obliged to work in the Club. As the family is drawn into the turbulent politics - public and private - both servants and masters are subsumed by Egypt's social upheaval. Soon the Egyptians of the Automobile Club face a stark choice: to live safely but without dignity as servants, or to fight for their rights and risk everything
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Aswānī, Alaa Al
- Illustrations
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- portraits
- genealogical tables
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from Arabic
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Harris, Russell
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Automobiles
- Clubs
- Egypt
- Egypt
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- The Automobile Club of Egypt, Alaa Al Aswany ; translated from the Arabic by Russell Harris
- Note
- Originally published in Arabic: [Cairo], England : Dar El Shorouk, 2013
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- sti
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000054869290
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 475 pages
- Isbn
- 9781926428390
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- portraits, genealogical table
- System control number
- (OCoLC)911123344
- Label
- The Automobile Club of Egypt, Alaa Al Aswany ; translated from the Arabic by Russell Harris
- Note
- Originally published in Arabic: [Cairo], England : Dar El Shorouk, 2013
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- sti
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000054869290
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 475 pages
- Isbn
- 9781926428390
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- portraits, genealogical table
- System control number
- (OCoLC)911123344
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