Diary of a Country Prosecutor - Saqi Bookshelf
Diary of a Country Prosecutor - Saqi Bookshelf
paperback | English
Published:
11 July, 2023
paperback | English
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11 July, 2023
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Who shot Kamar al-Dawla Alwan? Was it a crime of passion? What was the role of the beautiful peasant girl Rim? Is the mysterious Sheikh Asfur as crazy as he seems? Diary of a Country Prosecutor is an Egyptian comedy of errors. Partly autobiographical, it takes the form of a journal of a young public prosecutor posted to a village in rural Egypt. Imbued with the ideals of a European education, he encounters a world of poverty and backwardness where an imported legal system is both alien and incomprehensible.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780863569814 |
| ISBN10 | 0863569811 |
| Number Of Pages | 176 |
| Item Weight | 250 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 20 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Saqi Books |
| Format | paperback |
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Media Reviews
'Touching and yet savagely funny.' The Bookseller 'A satirical tale of country life under a repressive and far-away Cairo legal system.' Literary Review 'A book to be read and enjoyed .. a classic of translation.' World Literature Today
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Author's Bio
Tawfik al-Hakim was born in Alexandria in 1898 and studied law in Paris. He worked as a public prosecutor in a provincial Egyptian town before becoming the Arab world's leading dramatist as well as a major short-story writer and man of letters. He died in 1987.