Auto Aswānī, ʻAlāʼ 1957- creator Harris, Russell translator. text cb monographic fre eng ara

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475 pages : 18 cm. Cairo at the very end of Ottoman rule. Behind the doors of the Automobile Club of Egypt, Egyptian staff attend to the every need of Cairo's European elite - the way they always have done, it seems.But soon the social upheaval out on the street will break its way through the club's gilded doors, and its inhabitants above and below stairs must all confront their choices: to live safely without dignity, or to fight for their rights and risk everything. roman traduit de l'arabe par Gilles Gauthier f-ua--- Egypt Social conditions Fiction Egypt Politics and government Fiction PJ7814.S93 N3313 2015 892.7/37 9782330053963 2014048968 DLC 240328 20240328144315.0 3623 eng