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L'Immeuble Yacoubian

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Construit en plein cœur du Caire dans les années 1930, vestige d'une splendeur révolue, l'immeuble Yacoubian constitue un creuset socioculturel très représentatif de l'Egypte du XXIe siècle naissant. Dans son escalier se croisent ou s'ignorent Taha, le fils du concierge, qui rêve de devenir policier ; Hatem, le journaliste homosexuel ; le vieil aristocrate Zaki, perdu dans ses souvenirs ; Azzam, l'affairiste louche aussi bigot que lubrique ; la belle et pauvre Boussaïna, qui voudrait travailler sans avoir à subir la convoitise d'un patron ... Témoin d'une époque, Alaa El Aswany pose, sans juger, un regard tendre sur des personnages qui se débattent tous, riches et pauvres, bons et méchants, dans le même piège, celui d'une société dominée par la corruption politique, la montée de l'islamisme, les inégalités sociales, l'absence de liberté sexuelle, la nostalgie du passé. Mais ce roman n'aurait pas conquis un tel nombre de lecteurs dans le monde entier s'il se contentait d'évoquer l'Egypte au tournant du millénaire : en digne héritier d'un Dostoïevski comme d'un Zola ou d'un Mahfouz, c'est bien de l'homme que nous parle Alaa El Aswany, de ses vices et de ses faiblesses, de ses rêves et de ses échecs, et le miroir qu'il tend, pour indulgent qu'il soit, n'en est que plus effrayant. -- Publisher description.

Genre: Fiction, Genre Fiction
Format: Pocket Book
Published: 2007
Pages: 324
Publisher: Actes Sud
ISBN: 9782742769346

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