Fatma Qandil: Empty Cages, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Blurb

""The discovery of an old tin of chocolates, its contents long ago devoured, marks the entry into this intimate story that reaches back through a lifetime of memories in search of self and home. In celebration and suffering, triumph and disappointment, Qandil's voice is unflinching, revealing both a determination to speak the truth and a poetic sensitivity that is disarming. Reflecting on a family disintegrating-and with it, perhaps, a whole way of life-memories of a happy childhood melt away to reveal the fecklessness of selfish older brothers, a father's addiction, a mother's illness, and the violence and death-both literal and figurative-of those nearby. Recipient of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, this fictional debut marks the arrival of a stunning new voice.""-- Provided by publisher.