Paris. P.O.L. 2011. 329 pages. €19. ISBN 978-2-8180-1337-3
In a rural and agreeably timeless Japan, an uncle disappears—or rather evaporates—from his brother's home. Many years later, his nephew goes…
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- Cairo. The American University in Cairo Press. 2011. xv + 433 pages. $39.95. ISBN 978-977-416-390-6 Samia Mehrez has chosen to portray the literary life of Cairo in the last one hundred years by sele…