{"product_id":"the-yacoubian-building-9780060878139","title":"The Yacoubian Building","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A bewitching political novel of contemporary Cairo that is also an \u003cem\u003eengag?\u003c\/em\u003e novel about sex, a romantic novel about power and a comic yet sympathetic novel about the vagaries of the human heart. Even the least politically oriented reader will find it engrossing.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese disparate lives careen toward an explosive conclusion in Alaa Al Aswany's remarkable international bestseller. Teeming with frank sexuality and heartfelt compassion, this book is an important window on to the experience of loss and love in the Arab world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll manner of flawed and fragile humanity reside in the Yacoubian Building, a once-elegant temple of Art Deco splendor now slowly decaying in the smog and bustle of downtown Cairo: a fading aristocrat and self-proclaimed \"scientist of women\"; a sultry, voluptuous siren; a devout young student, feeling the irresistible pull toward fundamentalism; a newspaper editor helplessly in love with a policeman; a corrupt and corpulent politician, twisting the Koran to justify his desires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAl Aswany, Alaa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAlaa Al Aswany is the internationally bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Yacoubian Building\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eChicago\u003c\/em\u003e. A journalist who writes a controversial opposition column, Al Aswany makes his living as a dentist in Cairo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625978761490,"sku":"9780060878139","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f9d6e322-e203-46cd-8c79-02a4ca8bebc4.jpg?v=1732646077","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-yacoubian-building-9780060878139","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}