{"product_id":"a-dog-with-no-tail-paperback","title":"A Dog with No Tail - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHamdi Abu Golayyel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobin Moger\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a world with no meaning, meaning is an act . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a story about building things up and knocking them down. Here are the campfire tales of Egypt's dispossessed and disillusioned, the anti-Arabian Nights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur narrator, a rural immigrant from the Bedouin villages of the Fayoum, an aspiring novelist and construction laborer of the lowest order, leads us down a fractured path of reminiscence in his quest for purpose and identity in a world where the old orders and traditions are powerless to help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBawdy and wistful, tragicomic and bitter, his stories loop and repeat, crackling with the frictive energy of colliding worlds and linguistic registers. These are the tales of Cairo's new Bedouin, men not settled by the state but permanently uprooted by it. Like their lives, their stories are dislocated and unplotted, mapping out their quest for meaning in the very act of placing brick on brick and word on word.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHamdi Abu Golayyel\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the Fayoum, Egypt, in 1967. He is the author of three short story collections and two novels, the first of which, \u003ci\u003eThieves in Retirement, \u003c\/i\u003e was published in English in 2007. \u003ci\u003eA Dog with No Tai\u003c\/i\u003el was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eMoger\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of \u003ci\u003eOtared \u003c\/i\u003eby Mohammad Rabie and\u003ci\u003e Women of Karantina\u003c\/i\u003e by Nael Eltoukhy, among other books. His translation for Writing Revolution won the 2013 English PEN Award for outstanding writing in translation. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.8 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 30, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729890709567,"sku":"9789774167362","price":21.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/acb057ac9101e87ca668d6a4f1df6e49.webp?v=1765123990","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-dog-with-no-tail-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}