{"product_id":"city-always-wins-9781250182050","title":"The City Always Wins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA debut novel that captures the experience of the Egyptian revolution like no news report could\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe City Always Wins\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel from the front line of a revolution. Deeply enmeshed in the 2011 uprising in Tahrir Square, Mariam and Khalil move through Cairo's surging streets and roiling political underground, their lives burning with purpose, their city alive in open revolt, the world watching, listening, as they chart a course into an unknown future. They are--they believe--fighting a new kind of revolution; they are players in a new epic in the making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the communal highs of night battles against the police to the solitary lows of postrevolutionary exile, Omar Robert Hamilton's bold debut cuts to the psychological heart of one the key chapters in the twenty-first century. Arrestingly visual, intensely lyrical, uncompromisingly political, and brutal in its poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe City Always Wins\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel not just about Egypt's revolution, but about a global generation that tried to change the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHamilton, Omar Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eOmar Robert Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning filmmaker and writer. Based in Cairo and New York, he has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e. He is cofounder of both Mosireen, a Cairo media collective formed in 2011, and the Palestine Festival of Literature. \u003ci\u003eThe City Always Wins\u003c\/i\u003e is his debut novel.","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50676124975378,"sku":"9781250182050","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dcf4425b-496b-413c-a12a-9daf8eb16a4b.jpg?v=1733876374","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/city-always-wins-9781250182050","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}