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A Land Like You
Ce pays qui te ressemble
Tobie Nathan (born 1948)
Translated by Joyce Zonana
English editions
In EnglishA Land Like You
Seagull Books · India · December 2020 · Hardcover · 352 pages
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Against all odds, defiant Zohar comes into the world in Cairo's Jewish quarter, son of a blind man and a showy young wife. Masreya, nursed alongside him, a wily dancer raised in the Delta slums, will lead him towards power. Amid beggars, crooks and gossips, the saga spans Farouk's fall, Nasser's 1952 coup, the Jews' departure and the first Muslim Brotherhood stirrings.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 535 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Egypt
- First published
- 2015 by Stock
- Author's age
- 67 when first published
- ISBN
9782234078222 (original)
9780857427885 (Seagull Books, India)