The Days: His Autobiography in Three Parts - Couverture souple

Hussein, Taha

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9774246357 ISBN 13 : 9789774246357

Editeur : The American University in Cairo Press, 2010

Synopsis

"The Days" is a three-part autobiography of Taha Hussein, one of modern Egypt's greatest writers and thinkers. "An Egyptian Childhood" (1929) tells of Hussein's childhood in a small village in Upper Egypt, as he learned to come to terms with his blindness and win a place at Cairo's prestigious Azhar University. "The Stream of Days: A Student at the Azhar" (1939), is an enthralling picture of student life in Egypt in the early 1900s. "A Passage to France" (1973), carries the story on to his attainment of a doctorate at the Sorbonne.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

For the first time, the three-part autobiography of one of modern Egypt's greatest writers and thinkers is available in a single paperback volume. The first part, An Egyptian Childhood (1929), is full of the sounds and smells of rural Egypt. It tells of Hussein's childhood and early education in a small village in Upper Egypt, as he learns not only to come to terms with his blindness but to excel in spite of it and win a place at the prestigious Azhar University in Cairo. The second part, The Stream of Days: A Student at the Azhar (1939), is an enthralling picture of student life in Egypt in the early 1900s, and the record of the growth of an unusually gifted personality. More than forty years later, Hussein published A Passage to France (1973), carrying the story on to his final attainment of a doctorate at the Sorbonne, a saga of perseverance in the face of daunting odds.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The American University in Cairo Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9774246357
• ISBN 13: 9789774246357
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 412
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