Mortal Designs

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Literary, Romance
Cover of the book Mortal Designs by Reem Bassiouney, The American University in Cairo Press
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Author: Reem Bassiouney ISBN: 9781617977244
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press Publication: January 15, 2016
Imprint: The American University in Cairo Press Language: English
Author: Reem Bassiouney
ISBN: 9781617977244
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Publication: January 15, 2016
Imprint: The American University in Cairo Press
Language: English

Captain Murad is busy planning for the Afterlife. He dreams of a grand, sunlit mausoleum on the banks of the Nile. To realize his pharaonic folly, the retired captain kindles an unlikely romance between Hazem, a feckless architect longing for immortality, and Asma, an impoverished single mother who strives for a better life for her children. As Murad's tomb rises on the riverbank, so Hazem and Asma fall in love. A contemporary Egyptian romance of rare grace and wit, played out by characters trapped in their attitudes toward class and gender.

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Captain Murad is busy planning for the Afterlife. He dreams of a grand, sunlit mausoleum on the banks of the Nile. To realize his pharaonic folly, the retired captain kindles an unlikely romance between Hazem, a feckless architect longing for immortality, and Asma, an impoverished single mother who strives for a better life for her children. As Murad's tomb rises on the riverbank, so Hazem and Asma fall in love. A contemporary Egyptian romance of rare grace and wit, played out by characters trapped in their attitudes toward class and gender.

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