The Net

by Sherif Hetata

Book Overview

This subtle novel by one of Egypt's increasingly eminent writers concerns Egyptian society under the Sadat regime. Khalil Mansour, an intellectual once imprisoned for political activism and now seeking to withdraw, is reluctantly involved in a strike by workers who are opposing the takeover of their company by a Western multinational. He and the strike leaders are fired, and Khalil - now demoralized - becomes obsessed with a young American woman...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086232534X
• ISBN13: 9780862325343
• Release Date: June 1986
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"