Book of Month: June 2002

Leaves of Narcissus (Awrak al-Narjis)

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Genre: Novels
Publisher: AUC Press
Year: 2001

Winner of Naguib Mahfouz Medal for literature 2001. Arabic Edition Dar Sharkiyat 2001 English Edition AUC Press 2007 Translated by Marilyn Booth The novel stages the (narcissistic) mirror in which a politically and socially conscious Egyptian woman, Kima, sees herself and her identity. Where will Kima's newly found self-consciousness, apparently trapped in contradictions, lead her? The destination is not what matters here, as it is the journey that makes this novel a grabbing read.

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