Bio
ALAA AL ASWANY is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the novels The Yacoubian Building, the best-selling novel in the Arab world for more than five years, with more than a million copies sold around the world; Chicago, named by Newsday as the best translated novel of 2006; and, most recently, The Automobile Club of Egypt. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages and published in more than one hundred countries. He has received several international awards, including the Grinzane Cavour Prize, and in 2016 he was appointed a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France. Originally trained as a dentist, he retains his own dental practice in Cairo. Translated by S. R. Fellowes.Alaa Al Aswany Books
The Trees Are Walking in Alexandria
Alaa Al AswanyThe Republic of False Truths
Alaa Al AswanyReturn of the Spirit
Tawfiq al-HakimThe Automobile Club of Egypt
Alaa Al AswanyOn the State of Egypt
Alaa Al AswanyOn the State of Egypt
Alaa Al AswanyFriendly Fire
Alaa Al AswanyThe Yacoubian Building
Alaa Al Aswany