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Download or read book Proud Beggars written by Albert Cossery and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in Proud Beggars, a brutal and motiveless murder is committed in a Cairo brothel. But the real mystery at the heart of Albert Cossery’s wry black comedy is not the cause of this death but the paradoxical richness to be found in even the most materially impoverished life. Chief among Cossery’s proud beggars is Gohar, a former professor turned whorehouse accountant, hashish aficionado, and street philosopher. Such is his native charm that he has accumulated a small coterie that includes Yeghen, a rhapsodic poet and drug dealer, and El Kordi, an ineffectual clerk and would-be revolutionary who dreams of rescuing a consumptive prostitute. The police investigator Nour El Dine, harboring a dark secret of his own, suspects all three of the murder but finds himself captivated by their warm good humor. How is it that they live amid degrading poverty, yet possess a joie de vivre that even the most assiduous forces of state cannot suppress? Do they, despite their rejection of social norms and all ambition, hold the secret of contentment? And so this short novel, considered one of Cossery’s masterpieces, is at once biting social commentary, police procedural, and a mischievous delight in its own right.
Book Synopsis The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe by : John Foxe
Download or read book The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe written by John Foxe and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Acts and Monuments. A New and Complete Ed. With a Preliminary Diss. by George Townsend by : John Foxe
Download or read book The Acts and Monuments. A New and Complete Ed. With a Preliminary Diss. by George Townsend written by John Foxe and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The River Amazon from Its Sources to the Sea by : Paul Fountain
Download or read book The River Amazon from Its Sources to the Sea written by Paul Fountain and published by London : Constable. This book was released on 1914 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Colors of Infamy by : Albert Cossery
Download or read book The Colors of Infamy written by Albert Cossery and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-23 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gentleman pickpocket, elegant to the bone, plies the best cafes of Cairo. Ossama is a thief: "not a minister, banker or real estate developer - a modest thief". His country may be a disaster but he is a hedonist, convinced that "nothing on this Earth is tragic for an intelligent man". In one fat victims wallet, he discovers a highly compromising letter, revealing bribery, corrupt ministers, and lethally shoddy building practices. He decides he must act...
Book Synopsis Love's Labour's Lost by : Felicia Hardison Londré
Download or read book Love's Labour's Lost written by Felicia Hardison Londré and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology examines Love's Labours Lost from a variety of perspectives and through a wide range of materials. Selections discuss the play in terms of historical context, dating, and sources; character analysis; comic elements and verbal conceits; evidence of authorship; performance analysis; and feminist interpretations. Alongside theater reviews, production photographs, and critical commentary, the volume also includes essays written by practicing theater artists who have worked on the play. An index by name, literary work, and concept rounds out this valuable resource.
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Download or read book The Parker Society... written by Parker Society, London and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Select Works of John Bale, D.D., Bishop of Ossory by : John Bale
Download or read book Select Works of John Bale, D.D., Bishop of Ossory written by John Bale and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mature Reflections and Devotions of the Rev. Rowland Hill, A.M., in His Old Age by : Rowland Hill (Minister of Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars Road.)
Download or read book Mature Reflections and Devotions of the Rev. Rowland Hill, A.M., in His Old Age written by Rowland Hill (Minister of Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars Road.) and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mature Reflections and Devotions by : Rowland Hill
Download or read book Mature Reflections and Devotions written by Rowland Hill and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Rosalie's Pet by : Joanna Hooe Mathews
Download or read book Rosalie's Pet written by Joanna Hooe Mathews and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Laziness in the Fertile Valley by : Albert Cossery
Download or read book Laziness in the Fertile Valley written by Albert Cossery and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of a family of proud layabouts who avoid work and sleep all day by the Egyptian writer often referred to as "the Voltaire of the Nile" Laziness in the Fertile Valley is Albert Cossery’s biting social satire about a father, his three sons, and their uncle — slackers one and all. One brother has been sleeping for almost seven years, waking only to use the bathroom and eat a meal. Another savagely defends the household from women. Serag, the youngest, is the only member of the family interested in getting a job. But even he — try as he might — has a hard time resisting the call of laziness.
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Book Synopsis Sketches of Irish Character by : Mrs. S. C. Hall
Download or read book Sketches of Irish Character written by Mrs. S. C. Hall and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of Departed Things by : Ruth Mayhew Head
Download or read book A History of Departed Things written by Ruth Mayhew Head and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
