Black Magic: A Modern Arabic Novel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789774166266)

As a fourteen-year-old, Nasir was entranced by his father's gift of a camera, finding in it the means both to possess beauty and to assert himself. Now a hack working for state television, Nasir meets Fatin, an independent woman older than himself who has escaped a suffocating marriage and is secure in taking what she wants from life. An affair begins that quickly pulls Nasir into a whirlwind of incandescent erotic and emotional obsession. In a world of superficiality, materialism, violence, and sexual hysteria seen through the unforgiving lens of his camera, Nasir's life is in limbo. A yearning for escape and a fear of loneliness propel him into a relationship in which he is at once enraptured and non-committal. The resolution of this volatile mix lies in a violent confrontation between repulsion and desire. Black Magic was awarded the prestigious Sawiris Foundation Prize in Egyptian Literature in 2006.

Author: Hamdy El-Gazzar
ISBN-10: 9774166264
ISBN-13: 9789774166266
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2014
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.60h x 4.70w x 0.50d