Taxi by Khaled Al Khamissi
Brings together 58 fictional dialogues with Cairo cabbies recreated from the author's own experience of traversing the city. Described as an urban sociology, an ethnography, a classic of oral history - and a work of poetry in motion - this title tells Herculean tales of the struggle for survival and dignity among Greater Cairo's 80000 cab drivers.
"Taxi plucks startling beauty and poetry out of the cacophony of everyday lifeIt arranges it for us to contemplate and appreciate, not as a way to elide the injustices and indignities that permeate life, but as a necessary yet all too rare counterpoint. Khaled Al Khamissi reawakens our dulled sense of wonder, outrage, and sorrow, and that is an awesome achievement." - Baheyya.blogspot.com
Khaled Al Khamissi (1962-) is a journalist, writer, film director and producer, and publisher. He studied in Egypt and completed a master's degree in political science at the Sorbonne in Paris. He has worked for the National Institute for Social Studies and has written as a journalist for many Egyptian gazettes and newspapers, including Al Ahram. He has produced and written the scripts for drama and documentary films and is a regular participant at international film festivals.Jonathan Wright is a journalist with the Reuters news agency and is based in Cairo.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906300029 |
| ISBN 10 | 190630002X |
| Title | Taxi |
| Author | Khaled Al Khamissi |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Aflame Books |
| Year published | 2008-04-29 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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