{"product_id":"traces-of-enayat-paperback","title":"Traces of Enayat - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIman Mersal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobin Moger\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom one of the preeminent poets of the Arabic-speaking world, a brilliant work of creative nonfiction retracing the mysterious life and erasure of Egyptian literature's tragic heroine. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A subtle and universal exploration of identity.\"--Aida Alami, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCairo, 1963: four years before her lone novel is finally published, the writer Enayat al-Zayyat takes her own life at age 27. For the next three decades, it's as if Enayat never existed at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, when celebrated Egyptian poet Iman Mersal stumbles upon Enayat's long-forgotten \u003cem\u003eLove and Silence\u003c\/em\u003e in a Cairo book stall, she embarks on a journey of reflection and rediscovery that leads her ever closer to the world and work of Enayat al-Zayyat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this luminous biographical detective story, Mersal retraces Enayat's life and afterlife though interviews with family members and friend, even tracking down the apartments, schools, and sanatoriums where Enayat spent her days. As Mersal maps two simultaneous psychogeographies--from the glamor of golden-age Egyptian cinema to the Cairo of Mersal's own past--a remarkable portrait emerges of two women striving to live on their own terms. With \u003cem\u003eTraces of Enayat\u003c\/em\u003e, Iman Mersal embraces the reciprocal relationship between a text and its reader, between past and present, between author and subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIman Mersal\u003c\/b\u003e is an Egyptian poet, essayist, translator and literary scholar. Currently Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the University of Alberta, Canada, she is the author of five books of Arabic poetry, selections from which have been translated into numerous languages. The English translation of her collection \u003ci\u003eThe Threshold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the 2023 Griffin Poetry Award. Originally published in Arabic in 2019, \u003ci\u003eTraces of Enayat \u003c\/i\u003ewas awarded the prestigious Shaykh Zayed award for literature in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Moger\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator of Arabic to English who lives in Barcelona. His translations of prose and poetry have appeared in Blackbox Manifold, The White Review, Asymptote, Words Without Borders, Washington Square Review, Michigan Review and elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44793034571878,"sku":"9781945492846","price":26.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/VxrLNlWUNV9781945492846.webp?v=1771109548","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/traces-of-enayat-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}