One of Egypt\'s greatest contemporary writers reflects on life and love This haunting memoir, written ten years before al-Ghitani\'s death, weaves together a series of vignettes in a style that mimics the uneven, discontinuous nature of memory itself.
We read of his childhood adventures, his erotic awakenings, his time as a political prisoner, and his reports from the battlefront in Iraq and the corridors.
These fragments are summoned from across the span of a singular lifetime.
One of Egypt\'s greatest contemporary writers reflects on life and love This haunting memoir, written ten years before al-Ghitani\'s death, weaves together a series of vignettes in a style that mimics the uneven, discontinuous nature of memory itself
