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Proud Beggars
Proud Beggars
Author: Albert Cossery
Early in Proud Beggars, a brutal and motiveless murder is committed in a Cairo brothel. But the real mystery at the heart of Albert Cossery?s wry black comedy is not the cause of this death, but the paradoxical richness to be found in even the most materially impoverished life. Chief among Cossery?s characteristically proud beggars is Gohar, a f...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781590174425
ISBN-10: 1590174429
Publication Date: 10/18/2011
Pages: 208
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Publisher: NYRB Classics
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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