The Republic of False Truths

By Alaa Al Aswany

20.00 JOD

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ISBN: 9780571347599

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Binding: Hardback

Number of Pages: 452

Publication Date: 01-Apr-21

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From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building’ Superb’ Sunday Times’Searing’ Daily Mail’Blistering’ Financial Times’Glorious’ Observer’Amazing’ Andr � AcimanGeneral Alwany is a pious man who loves his family. He also tortures and kills enemies of the state.Under the regime of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt is gripped by cronyism, religious hypocrisy, and the oppressive military. Now, however, the regime faces its greatest crisis. The idealistic young from different backgrounds – engineers, teachers, medical students, and among them the general’s daughter – have come together to challenge the status quo. Euphoria mounts as Mubarak is toppled and love blossoms across class divides, but the general and his friends mount a devastating counter-attack.

Alaa Al Aswany Acclaimed Egyptian writer known for his bestselling novels and for his vocal criticism of the Egyptian government. Acclaimed Egyptian writer known for his bestselling novels and for his vocal criticism of the Egyptian government. He originally trained as a dentist and retains his own dental practice in Cairo. His novel The Yacoubian Building has sold over one million copies worldwide and was the bestselling novel in the Arab world for over five years. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages and published in over one hundred countries. He speaks Arabic, English, French, and Spanish. Al Aswany has received many awards internationally, including the Bashrahil Award for the Arabic novel, the Kafavis Award from Greece, and the Grinzane Cavour Award from Italy, and was named by The Times as one of the fifty best authors to have been translated into English over the last fifty years. In 2016, he was appointed a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France. His other works include Chicago, Friendly Fire, The Automobile Club of Egypt, and The Dictatorship Syndrome, in addition to his new novel, The Republic of False Truths.

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From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building' Superb' Sunday Times'Searing' Daily Mail'Blistering' Financial Times'Glorious' Observer'Amazing' Andr � AcimanGeneral Alwany is a pious man who loves his family. He also tortures and kills enemies of the state.Under the regime of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt is gripped by cronyism, religious hypocrisy, and the oppressive military. Now, however, the regime faces its greatest crisis. The idealistic young from different backgrounds - engineers, teachers, medical students, and among them the general's daughter - have come together to challenge the status quo. Euphoria mounts as Mubarak is toppled and love blossoms across class divides, but the general and his friends mount a devastating counter-attack.