Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany (2002, English translation 2004)
Read: July 2008
My parents raved about the film, Yacoubian Building, when it came out in 2006 and I think they later did read the book. I only read the book though just before coming out to Egypt. It was perfect timing, to be honest, as in early July Alaa Al Aswany was having a reading at the South Bank. We went along and he read from his new book, Chicago, but also spoke about life in Egypt and his other work. After the reading we bought a copy of the new edition of Yacoubian Building and maganed to chat to him for a little while when he signed our copy.
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