Temple bar: a novel

Dublin is alien territory for young and impoverished Egyptian academic Mutazz, who is preparing a PhD on Irish poet Seamus Heaney. Mutazz has enough problems with his family's high expectations and the unrequited, idealized love that he left behind in Cairo. Now he has to deal with cantankerous...

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1. Verfasser: ʿAbd al-Maǧīd, Bahāʾ (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Wright, Jonathan (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cairo American University in Cairo Press 2014
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Zusammenfassung:Dublin is alien territory for young and impoverished Egyptian academic Mutazz, who is preparing a PhD on Irish poet Seamus Heaney. Mutazz has enough problems with his family's high expectations and the unrequited, idealized love that he left behind in Cairo. Now he has to deal with cantankerous landlords, the inscrutable local women, the Irish judiciary, haunted seminaries, and cold winter nights selling flowers on the banks of the Liffey to make ends meet. His own personal demons travel with him, especially the clash between his sexual desires and his reluctance to become emotionally entangled with anyone other than his version of the ideal woman. In his year away from home Mutazz learns how diverse the world is, but returning to Cairo is a shock that tests his physical and mental strength. Only when he passes that test can he make a promising new start
Beschreibung:First published in Arabic in 2011 by Dar Merit as Khammarat al-maʻbad. - Novel
Beschreibung:212 Seiten