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Status: Emo

An Egyptian Novel

Eslam Mosbah author Raphael Cohen translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The American University in Cairo Press

Published:12th May '13

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Status: Emo cover

An edgy new novel of Egypt’s Facebook generation

You are bored, bored, bored, stuck in a half-job, berated by your parents and unsure whether you should marry your cousin. You want to change. A chance encounter on Facebook leads you to Emmie and her underground world of strange fashion, drinking, dancing, sex, and drugs. You become an Emo and discover philosophical atheism and practical Satanism.
Although Emmie’s rules include no sex and no love, you become addicted to her and the belief that she will be the one to change you. You fall in love. Your inability to disobey her leads you to embrace her creed. The efforts of your family to restore you to the fold fail, and your heroism leads her to succumb to you.
One final act of ‘degeneracy’ too far leads you into the arms of the state’s torturers and to reaffirm society’s values, if with a greater sense of freedom and adventure.
Status: Emo is a romp through the mind of the young Egypt. Written in 2010, it predicts revolt and hints at culture wars to come.

ISBN: 9789774165825

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 200g

144 pages