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Distant Train: A Novel - Middle East Literature In Translation Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
Distant Train: A Novel - Middle East Literature In Translation
Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
Sheds light on the dreams, customs, and everyday concerns of people living in historic obscurity on the fringe of the glitzy, petrodollar kingdoms of the Middle East. This tale begins on a worksite in Egypt's western desert. In the middle of nowhere, railway men and locals wait in hope for the annual return of a ""distant train.
216 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 26, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780815608592 |
| Publishers | Syracuse University Press |
| Pages | 206 |
| Dimensions | 168 × 234 × 20 mm · 462 g |
| Translator | Aboul-ela, Hosam M. |
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