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020 a| 9781649032539q| hardcover;

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020 a| 1649032544q| paperback;

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100 1 a| ʻAshmāwī, Ashraf,e| author.=| ^A1466922;

240 10 a| Bayt al-Qibṭīyah.l| English=| ^A1466137;

245 14 a| The house of the coptic woman :b| a novel /c| Ashraf El-Ashmawi, translated by Peter Daniel.;

246 3 a| Bayt al-Qibṭīyah;

264 1 a| New York, NY :b| Hoopoe, an imprint of The American University in Cairo Press,c| 2023.;

300 a| 217 pages ;c| 21 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Translated from the Arabic.;

520 a| "Nader, an idealistic public prosecutor at the outset of his career, leaves Cairo to start a new posting in rural upper Egypt. On his first night, a mysterious woman named Huda shows up at his lodgings. She is on the run from an abusive husband and, harboring a dark secret, seeks a new start in this small village and escape her harrowing past. Nothing is to be easy for Huda or Nader, and the dramatic circumstances of their first meeting signal the disquiet to come. It is not long before tensions between Copts and Muslims, already on a knife-edge, spiral into a spate of unexplained killings and arson attacks. The locals blame the trouble on the supernatural, and Nader is thrown into a quagmire of sectarian conflict and superstition that no amount of formal training could have prepared him for. His investigations are thwarted at every turn, by uncooperative witnesses and an obstructive police force. As Nader and Huda each pursue happiness and justice, their parallel journeys struggle against the forces of ignorance, poverty, hatred, and greed. With its echoes of Tawfiq al-Hakim's Diary of a Country Prosecutor, this is a powerful and personal tale of conflict, crime, and upheaval in rural Egypt."--c| Provided by publisher.;

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650 0 a| Abused womenv| Fiction.=| ^A820004;

650 0 a| Crime and superstitionv| Fiction.=| ^A468632;

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650 6 a| Femmes victimes de violencev| Romans, nouvelles, etc.;

650 6 a| Criminalité et superstitionsv| Romans, nouvelles, etc.;

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700 1 a| Daniel, Peterc| (Translator),e| translator.=| ^A1465908;

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The house of the coptic woman : a novel / Ashraf El-Ashmawi, translated by Peter Daniel.

Author/creator	ʻAshmāwī, Ashraf author.
Other author	Daniel, Peter (Translator), translator.
Format	Book
Publication	New York, NY : Hoopoe, an imprint of The American University in Cairo Press, 2023.
Copyright Date	©2023
Description	217 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects	Public prosecutors--Egypt. --Fiction. Abused women--Fiction. Crime and superstition--Fiction. Novel. Femmes victimes de violence--Romans, nouvelles, etc. Criminalité et superstitions--Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Uniform title	Bayt al-Qibṭīyah. English
Variant title	Bayt al-Qibṭīyah
Abstract	"Nader, an idealistic public prosecutor at the outset of his career, leaves Cairo to start a new posting in rural upper Egypt. On his first night, a mysterious woman named Huda shows up at his lodgings. She is on the run from an abusive husband and, harboring a dark secret, seeks a new start in this small village and escape her harrowing past. Nothing is to be easy for Huda or Nader, and the dramatic circumstances of their first meeting signal the disquiet to come. It is not long before tensions between Copts and Muslims, already on a knife-edge, spiral into a spate of unexplained killings and arson attacks. The locals blame the trouble on the supernatural, and Nader is thrown into a quagmire of sectarian conflict and superstition that no amount of formal training could have prepared him for. His investigations are thwarted at every turn, by uncooperative witnesses and an obstructive police force. As Nader and Huda each pursue happiness and justice, their parallel journeys struggle against the forces of ignorance, poverty, hatred, and greed. With its echoes of Tawfiq al-Hakim's Diary of a Country Prosecutor, this is a powerful and personal tale of conflict, crime, and upheaval in rural Egypt."-- Provided by publisher.
General note	Translated from the Arabic.
Genre/form	Legal fiction (Literature)
Genre/form	Novels.
Genre/form	Thrillers (Fiction)
Genre/form	Legal fiction (Literature)
Genre/form	Thrillers (Fiction)
Genre/form	Novels.
Genre/form	Romans judiciaires.
Genre/form	Romans.
LCCN	2023016659
ISBN	9781649032539 hardcover
ISBN	1649032536 hardcover
ISBN	9781649032546 paperback
ISBN	1649032544 paperback
ISBN	electronic book
ISBN	electronic book

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