The buried : (Record no. 5779)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780525559580 (pbk)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency Library of People’s Majlis
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 962.056
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The buried :
Remainder of title an archaeology of the Egyptian revolution /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Peter Hessler .
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2019
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 463 p. :
Other physical details black and white maps ;
Dimensions 22 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical notes and index.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1. The president<br/>2. The coup<br/>3. The president
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Drawn by an abiding fascination with Egypt's rich history and civilization, Peter Hessler moved with his wife and twin daughters to Cairo to explore a place that had a powerful hold over his imagination. He wanted to learn Arabic, explore Cairo's neighborhoods, research ancient history, and visit the legendary archeological digs. After years of covering China for The New Yorker, friends warned him it would be a much quieter place. But just before his arrival, the Arab Spring had reached Egypt and the country was in chaos. In the midst of the revolution, he attached himself to an important archeological dig at a site rich in royal tombs known in as al-Madfuna, or "The Buried." He and his wife set out to master Arabic, striking up an important friendship with their language instructor, a cynical political sophisticate named Rifaat. And a very different kind of friendship was formed with their garbage collector, an illiterate neighborhood character named Saaed, whose access to the trash of Cairo would be its own kind of archeological excavation. Along the way, he meets a family of Chinese small business owners who have cornered the nation's lingerie trade; their pragmatic view of the political crisis is a bracing counterpoint to the West's conventional wisdom. Through the lives of these ordinary Egyptians in a time of tragedy and heartache, Hessler finds subtle and illuminating insights to understand a nation from a new perspective
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     General Library of People's Majlis Library of People's Majlis General/ Lending 09/15/2022 Budget 0000003094   G-EN 962.056 HES 0000003094 09/15/2022 09/15/2022 Book
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