Bibliograph

That smell, and, Notes from prison, Sonollah Ibrahim ; edited and translated by Robyn Cresswell

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Label

That smell, and, Notes from prison, Sonollah Ibrahim ; edited and translated by Robyn Cresswell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

That smell, and

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

783163536

Responsibility statement

Sonollah Ibrahim ; edited and translated by Robyn Cresswell

Sub title

Notes from prison

Summary

"One of the most influential Arabic novels of recent times, That Smell is Sonallah Ibrahim's modernist masterpiece. Composed in the wake of a five-year prison sentence, the semi-autobiographical story follows a recently released political prisoner as he wanders through Cairo, adrift in his native city. Published in 1966, the novel was immediately banned. For this edition, the translator Robyn Creswell has also included an annotated selection of Notes from Prison culled from Ibrahim's prison diary -- a personal archive comprising hundreds of handwritten notes scribbled on Bafra-brand cigarette papers. These writings shed unexpected light on Ibrahim's groundbreaking novel."--Publisher's website

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Notes from prisonThat smell, and, Notes from prison

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