The Cheapest Nights

by Yusuf Idris

Book Overview

From the "genius of the short story," a collection illuminating the lives of the Egyptian lower class by one of the most important and innovative voices of Egyptian literature

A Penguin Classic

One of Egypt's most acclaimed and well-known authors, Yusuf Idris is heralded as a "renovator and genius of the short story" whose signature stylistic device--the combination of literary and colloquial language la Huckleberry Finn--transformed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143133985
• ISBN13: 9780143133988
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"