The Yacoubian Building [Audiobook] download free by Alaa Al Aswany
- Listen audiobook: The Yacoubian Building
- Author: Alaa Al Aswany
- Release date: 2011/3/28
- Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Fiction
- ISBN: 9780007243624
- Rating: 9.61 of 10
- Votes: 171
- Review by: Blaine Cullen
- Review rating: 8.02 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/24
- Duration: 3H9M47S in 256 kbps (51.2 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-19
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MP3, MPEG4, Apple Lossless, FLAC, WMA, WAV, Shorten, TTA (compression ZIP, RAR, ARC, CAB)
- Total pages original book: 256
- Includes a PDF summary of 26 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 20M37S (5.2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: This exceptional Egyptian novel - as mesmerising as it is controversial - caused an unprecedented stir when it was first published in Arabic.Welcome to the Yacoubian Building, Cairo: once grand, now dilapidated, and full of stories and passion. Some live in squalor on its rooftop while others inhabit the faded glory of its apartments and offices. Within these walls religious fervour jostles with promiscuity; bribery with bliss; modern life with ancient culture. At ground level, Taha, the doorman's son, harbours career aspirations and romantic dreams - but when these are dashed by unyielding corruption, hope turns to bitterness, with devastating consequences.Alaa Al Aswany's superb novel about Egypt's many contradictions is at once an impassioned celebration and a ruthless dissection of a society dominated by dishonesty.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Contemporary Fiction
- Download servers: FreakShare, Jirafeau, BitShare, FileServe, 4Shared, DivShare. Compressed in ZIP, RAR, ARC, CAB
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 10.08 USD
- Dimensions: 129x198x17mm
- Weight: 190g
- Printed by: HarperPerennial
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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