The Yacoubian building
By: Alaa Al Aswany ; translated by Humphrey Davies
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780007243624
Subjects: Social conditions; Corruption; Fiction
Work titles: 'Imarat Ya'qubyan
Description: An intense and powerful tale set in Cairo about how one boy's bitter disillusionment with society led to great tragedy.
Notes: This translation originally published: London: Fourth Estate.

Translated from the Arabic.