02428nam 2200613 450 991081118330332120230803040006.01-61797-558-31-61797-557-5(CKB)3710000000244821(EBL)1793196(SSID)ssj0001375795(PQKBManifestationID)11807284(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001375795(PQKBWorkID)11361207(PQKB)11126289(MiAaPQ)EBC1793196(MiAaPQ)EBC1791140(MiAaPQ)EBC6242566(Au-PeEL)EBL6242566(OCoLC)1193130681(EXLCZ)99371000000024482120220521d2013 uy 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrHouse of the wolf an Egyptian novel /Ezzat El Kamhawi ; translated by Nancy RobertsCairo, Egypt ;New York, New York :The American University in Cairo Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (280 p.)Modern Arabic LiteratureDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-15053-2 977-416-620-5 Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Text Begins -- Glossary.Winner of the 2012 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, this novel is set in an idyllic Egyptian village from the time it was discovered by Muhammad Ali's mission in the early nineteenth century to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, movingly intertwining events on the world scene with the life dramas of its protagonists. The story opens with the pivotal character, Mubarka al-Fuli, now a grandmother and matriarch, wanting to dictate a letter to God for her grandson to send to the Almighty by email. We are then ushered back in time to Mubarka's fiery adolescence and her painfully aborted romance withModern Arabic literature.VillagesEgyptFictionOlder womenFictionEgyptFictionVillagesOlder women893.737Qamḥāwī ʻIzzat1675437Roberts Nancy N.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811183303321House of the wolf4040899UNINA