Nada is no stranger to protest. She is five years old when her French mother takes her to visit her Egyptian father, a political activist with a passing resemblance to President Nasser, in prison. When he returns home a changed man five years later, their little family begins to fracture, and eventually Nada’s mother moves back to Paris. Through her teenage years Nada is surrounded by the language of protest--"anarchism," "Trotskyism," communism"--and, one summer in Paris, she discovers the ’68 movement and her first love. And how to slam doors in anger.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Through student sit-ins, imprisonments, passionate arguments, accidental alliances, fallen friends, joys, and regrets, Nada’s story grows into the story of Egypt’s many celebrated activists, such as Arwa Saleh and Siham Sabri. Moving, uplifting, and deeply human, Radwa Ashour’s masterpiece is the story of Egypt in the second half of the twentieth century and a paean to all those who choose a life of activism and quiet defiance.
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Radwa Ashour is an Egyptian writer and scholar. She is the author of numerous novels, short story collections, and academic works. She teaches English literature at Ain Shams University in Cairo.
Barbara Romaine has previously translated three novels, including two by Radwa Ashour, as well as Bahaa Taher's Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery. In 2011, her translation of Ashour's novel Spectres was runner-up for the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation.
“Every work by Radwa Ashour is a masterclass.” ―Karma Sami, Al-Ahram
“One of the most painful yet enjoyable of all novels.” ―Mahmoud El-Wardani, Akhbar al-Adab
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