Mortal Designs : A Novel
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| Title: | Mortal Designs : A Novel |
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| Description: | Captain Murad is busy planning for the Afterlife. He dreams of a grand, sunlit mausoleum on the banks of the Nile. To realize his pharaonic folly, the retired captain kindles an unlikely romance between Hazem, a feckless architect longing for immortality, and Asma, an impoverished single mother who strives for a better life for her children. As Murad's tomb rises on the riverbank, so Hazem and Asma fall in love. A contemporary Egyptian romance of rare grace and wit, played out by characters trapped in their attitudes toward class and gender. |
| Authors: | Reem Bassiouney |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | English fiction |
| Categories: | FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Romance / General, FICTION / Political |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Captain Murad is busy planning for the Afterlife. He dreams of a grand, sunlit mausoleum on the banks of the Nile. To realize his pharaonic folly, the retired captain kindles an unlikely romance between Hazem, a feckless architect longing for immortality, and Asma, an impoverished single mother who strives for a better life for her children. As Murad's tomb rises on the riverbank, so Hazem and Asma fall in love. A contemporary Egyptian romance of rare grace and wit, played out by characters trapped in their attitudes toward class and gender. |
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| ISBN: | 9789774167140 9781617977244 |
