Mortal Designs

Captain Murad is busy planning for the Afterlife. He dreams of a grand, sunlit mausoleum on the banks of the Nile. To realize his pharaonic folly, the retired captain kindles an unlikely romance between Hazem, a feckless architect longing for immortality, and Asma, an impoverished single mother who strives for a better life for her children. As Murad's tomb rises on the riverbank, so Hazem and Asma fall in love. A contemporary Egyptian romance of rare grace and wit, played out by characters trapped in their attitudes toward class and gender.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: 01/15/2016
ISBN: 9789774167140
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.50d