The Man Who Lost His Shadow. A novel in four books. Translated from the Arabic by Desmond Stewart.

Published by Chapman & Hall. 1966, 1966

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Half title. Orig. plum cloth. Pink & orange pictorial d.w., unclipped. Inscribed 'To Ian from Desmond, Wells-next-the-Sea 22.3.69' on leading f.e.p. A lovely bright copy. Fathy Ghanem, 1924-1999, was a Cairo-born reporter, novelist, and publisher. The Man Who Lost His Shadow is a well-crafted novel, each of the four parts narrated by someone the protagonist has wronged - usually through avoidance and passivity, rather than malice. Ghanem's skill is in balancing the four voices, thereby causing them to remain convincing. This copy inscribed by the translator to Ian Gilmour, M.P. and later Secretary of State for Defence, who famously excoriated Anthony Eden's invasion of Suez as an 'act of aggression', and was described in the London Review of Books as 'one of the most leftwing figures in British politics: a feat he has achieved by not moving'.

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Title
The Man Who Lost His Shadow. A novel in four books. Translated from the Arabic by Desmond Stewart.
Author
GHANEM, Fathy.
Publisher
Chapman & Hall. 1966
Publication year
1966
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Binding
Hardcover

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ABA, ILAB & PBFA member. Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers have been selling 18th & 19th Century English books, especially first editions of English Literature and Social History since 1969 and are world leading specialists in Dickens. Our premises are opposite the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London. We publish between 4 and 6 major catalogues per annum. As traditional and professional booksellers, we prefer to develop a personal relationship with collectors - and customers via the internet.…

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