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Title Statement | The buried: an archaeology of the Egyptian revolution / Peter Hessler. |
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Author | Hessler, Peter, 1969- |
Publication | New York: Penguin Press,2019 |
Extent of Item | 463 pages |
ISBN | 0525559566 9780525559566 |
Other Number | 3488617 |
General Notes | Maps on endpapers. |
Contents | The president -- The coup -- The president. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | Drawn by an abiding fascination with Egypt's rich history and civilization, Peter Hessler moved with his wife and twin daughters to Cairo to explore a place that had a powerful hold over his imagination. He wanted to learn Arabic, explore Cairo's neighborhoods, research ancient history, and visit the legendary archeological digs. After years of covering China for The New Yorker, friends warned him it would be a much quieter place. But just before his arrival, the Arab Spring had reached Egypt and the country was in chaos. In the midst of the revolution, he attached himself to an important archeological dig at a site rich in royal tombs known in as al-Madfuna, or "The Buried." He and his wife set out to master Arabic, striking up an important friendship with their language instructor, a cynical political sophisticate named Rifaat. And a very different kind of friendship was formed with their garbage collector, an illiterate neighborhood character named Saaed, whose access to the trash of Cairo would be its own kind of archeological excavation. Along the way, he meets a family of Chinese small business owners who have cornered the nation's lingerie trade; their pragmatic view of the political crisis is a bracing counterpoint to the West's conventional wisdom. Through the lives of these ordinary Egyptians in a time of tragedy and heartache, Hessler finds subtle and illuminating insights to understand a nation from a new perspective. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt |
By Name | Hessler, Peter,1969---Travel--Egypt |
By Location | Egypt--History--Protests, 2011-2013 |
Egypt--Politics and government--2011- | |
Egypt--Biography | |
Egypt--Description and travel | |
Cairo (Egypt)--Description and travel |