Mortal Designs

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.

© 2016 The American University in Cairo Press (E-bog): 9781617977244

Oversættere: Melanie Magidow

Release date

E-bog: 15. januar 2016