{"product_id":"sleep-phase-9781949641783","title":"Sleep Phase","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter seven years in prison, Warif is released to a changed Cairo.\u003c\/b\u003e Freedom so far has been endless, inscrutable meetings with official-looking strangers, trying to get his job as a translator back. This new Cairo, busy with expats and bureaucrats, is proving disorienting: What is he supposed to make of these self-assured newcomers who are so certain of his obsolescence, his subjugation, his solitude? They seem happy to provide him with a salary, if he's willing to give up the work that gave his life meaning. As his encounters more-and-more resemble interrogations and the futility of trying to escape the system set against him threatens to suffocate him, Warif escapes into the vivid colors of the city, looking deeper and deeper into the food, the people, the buildings, and the flowers, until what's real blurs into fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKheir, Mohamed:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMohamed Kheir\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, poet, short story writer, journalist, and lyricist. His short story collections \u003ci\u003eRemsh Al Ein\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eAfarit Al Radio\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) both received The Sawiris Cultural Award, and \u003ci\u003eLeil Khargi\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) was awarded the Egyptian Ministry of Culture Award for poetry. \u003ci\u003eSlipping \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eEflat Al Asabea\u003c\/i\u003e, Kotob Khan Publishing House, 2018; Two Lines Press, 2021) is his second novel and his first to be translated into English. He lives in Egypt.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoger, Robin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRobin Moger\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator of Arabic to English currently based in Barcelona. His translations of prose and poetry have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBlackbox Manifold\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTentacular\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeedings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Johannesburg Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Square Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. He has translated several novels and prose works into English including Iman Mersal's \u003ci\u003eHow To Mend\u003c\/i\u003e (Kayfa ta), Nael Eltoukhy's \u003ci\u003eThe Women of Karantina\u003c\/i\u003e (AUC Press), and Youssef Rakha's \u003ci\u003eThe Crocodiles\u003c\/i\u003e (7 Stories Press).","brand":"Two Lines Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260301771026,"sku":"9781949641783","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf0d42d1-8ca2-42b6-bf73-0f214a9c6907.jpg?v=1746641619","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sleep-phase-9781949641783","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}