{"product_id":"in-the-spiders-room-paperback","title":"In the Spider's Room - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMuhammad Abdelnabi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sensitive and courageous account of life as a gay man in Egypt and Winner of the 2019 Prix de la Littérature Arabe \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hani was out for an evening stroll near Cairo's Tahrir Square when a heavy hand landed on his shoulder. An informant had identified him, and he was thrown into the back of a police truck. There began a seven-month nightmare as he was swept up, along with fifty other men, in the infamous Queen Boat affair that targeted Egypt's gay community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Finally free, but traumatized into speechlessness, Hani writes down the events of his life--his first sexual desires, his relationship with his mother, his marriage of convenience, and his passion for Abdel Aziz, the only man he ever truly loved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn the Spider's Room\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold tale of sexuality and persecution in contemporary Egypt.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1977, \u003cb\u003eMuhammad Abdelnabi\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two novels and four short-story collections. His \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost of Anton Chekov \u003c\/i\u003ewon first prize in the Emerging Writers category of the Sawiris Cultural Award for short-story collections in 2011. \u003ci\u003eIn the Spider's Room \u003c\/i\u003ewas awarded the 2019 Prix de la Littérature Arabe, was shortlisted for the 2017 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, and was joint winner of the 2017 Sawiris Cultural Award for novels in the Emerging Writers category. He lives near Banha in Egypt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslator of the winning novel in the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and twice winner of the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, \u003cb\u003eJonathan Wright \u003c\/b\u003ewas formerly the Reuters bureau chief in Cairo. He has translated Alaa Al Aswany, Youssef Ziedan, and Hassan Blassim. He lives in London, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42151724122247,"sku":"9789774168758","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e5243d11d8606ce8b2ee2dd18945cfce.webp?v=1733209178","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/in-the-spiders-room-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}