In an Antique Land
Publisher: Permanent Black
Published: May 6, 2000
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9788175300408
Copyright date: 1992
First sentence: I FIRST BEGAN to dream of Cairo in the evenings, as I sat in my room, listening, while Abu-'Ali berated his wife or shouted at some unfortunate customer who had happened to incur his displeasure while making purchases at his shop.
Table of contents: title: Prologue / 11; title: Lataifa / 21; title: Nashawy /107; title: Mangalore / 239; title: Going Back / 289; title: Epilogue / 343; title: Notes / 355