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The Time-Travels of the Man Who Sold Pickles and Sweets

A Novel

by Khairy Shalaby

Translated by Michael Cooperson

The misadventures of a modern time traveler through Egypt’s recent and medieval past

336 Pages, 5.00 × 8.00 in

$18.95

£10.99

LE400.00

  • 9789774167928
  • 15 November 2016
  • Region: Worldwide
  • 336 Pages, 5.00 × 8.00 in

$17.99

  • 9781617977480
  • 15 November 2010
  • Region: Worldwide
  • 336 Pages, 5.00 × 8.00 in

$18.99

  • 9781617977473
  • 15 November 2016
  • Region: Worldwide
  • 336 Pages, 5.00 × 8.00 in

"Fantastical and surreal."—Cairo 360

“[The] time travel is actually a rescue mission. Its deeper intention is to conscript the entire Egyptian Islamic history in order to recuperate the authentic Egyptian national character.”—Nasser Rabat, author of Writing Egypt

The American University in Cairo Press
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