{"product_id":"the-yacoubian-building-alaa-al-aswany-9781982663391","title":"The Yacoubian Building","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fading aristocrat and self-proclaimed scientist of women. A purring, voluptuous siren. A young shop-girl enduring the clammy touch of her boss and hating herself for accepting the modest banknotes he tucks into her pocket afterward. An earnest, devout young doorman, feeling the irresistible pull toward fundamentalism. A cynical, secretly gay newspaper editor, helplessly in love with a peasant security guard. A roof-squatting tailor, scheming to own property. A corrupt and corpulent politician, twisting the Koran to justify taking a mistress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll live in the Yacoubian Building, a once-elegant temple of Art Deco splendor slowly decaying in the smog and hubbub of downtown Cairo, Egypt. In the course of this unforgettable novel, these disparate lives converge, careening inexorably toward an explosive conclusion. Tragicomic, passionate, shockingly frank in its sexuality, and brimming with an extraordinary, embracing human compassion, The Yacoubian Building is a literary achievement of the first order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alaa Al Aswany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982663391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982663391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e MP3 CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs","brand":"Alaa Al Aswany","offers":[{"title":"MP3 CD","offer_id":44054210412799,"sku":"9781982663391","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_03dd6e72-90a1-42fe-a1b8-0d9426381dfb.jpg?v=1685028674","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-yacoubian-building-alaa-al-aswany-9781982663391","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}