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The day the leader was killed /

"The time is 1981. Anwar al-Sadat is president, and Infitah, Sadat's open-door economic policy, is wreaking havoc in the everyday lives of citizens." "Set against this backdrop, The Day the Leader Was Killed relates the tale of a middle-class Cairene family. Rich with irony and i...

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Main Authors: Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006.
Group Author: Hashem, Malak
Published: Anchor Books,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2000.
©1997
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Arabic
Subjects:
Sadat, Anwar, > 1918-1981 > Assassination > Fiction.
Sadat, Anwar, > 1918-1981.
Since 1981
Families > Egypt > Cairo > Fiction.
Assassination.
Families.
Social Conditions.
Egypt > Social conditions > 1981- > Fiction.
Egypt.
Egypt > Cairo.
Novels.
Fiction.
Summary: "The time is 1981. Anwar al-Sadat is president, and Infitah, Sadat's open-door economic policy, is wreaking havoc in the everyday lives of citizens." "Set against this backdrop, The Day the Leader Was Killed relates the tale of a middle-class Cairene family. Rich with irony and infused with political undertones, the story is narrated alternately by the pious and mischievous family patriarch, Muhtashimi Zayed, his hapless grandson, Elwan, and Elwan's headstrong and beautiful fiancee, Randa. The novel reaches its climax with the assassination of Sadat on October 6, 1981." "This is the story of all people who must face the pangs of development while struggling to hold on to tradition."--Jacket.
Carrier Form: 102 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN: 9780385499224
0385499221
Index Number: PJ7846
CLC: I411.45
Call Number: I411.45/M214-28

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