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With the daily grind of work behind him, a man finds his mind filling with pictures of his childhood and adolescence, and sets out to trace what formed his consciousness: the traits passed down from parents and grandparents, his first awareness of life, and the early ideas that would become lifelong concerns. His path runs between Tanta and Paris, between medicine and cinema, and through the books and writers that left their mark on him. As a Copt he also looks at how Christians are kept out of public life, and at the contempt with which men regard women's bodies.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

224 pages in the original

Genres

Autofiction, Coming of age (assigned by AI)

Set in

Egypt

First published

2019 by Ibiidi

Author's age

66 when first published

ISBN

9789778549805 (original)