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Sto caricando le informazioni... Birds of Passage (1992)di Robert Solé
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Story of a family of Greek-Catholic Syrians who live in Egypt from mid 1800s to later 1900s. They are never fully acculturated to the places they live, seemingly due to their religion, but they become successful (the narrator's grandfather, Georges Batrakani, sets up and runs a tarbouche factory, becoming "roi des tarbouches") and, being socially astute, are then able to fly before the wind of Islamization after the UAR is established. Different branches settle in Bayreuth, in France, in Canada, in Switzerland. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Energetic and cosmopolitan, the Batrakani family fate is entwined with that of their adopted land, Egypt, as it is caught in the upheavals of the 20th century. Georges Bey Batrakani is the patriarch of this family of Greek Catholic, French-speaking Syrians, living in a Muslim Cairo run by the British. He is driven by the need to achieve the wealth necessary for the luxury he craves. His chosen method is to manufacture the tarboosh, or fez, worn by every member of the Egyptian establishment. As long as the tarboosh holds sway, the family flourishes. But in 1952, everything must change. Egyptians take the reins of power for the first time since the pharaohs, and the tarboosh becomes an anathema. The Batrakanis, birds of passage, their love affair with Egypt at an end, must move on to a new exile elsewhere. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)843.914Literature French and related languages French fiction Modern Period 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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