by Alaa El Aswany · Babel · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782742769346
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«L'Immeuble Yacoubian» is the novel by Alaa El Aswany, published by Babel in 2008 in paperback format (324 pages, in French).
The story takes place in an iconic building in Cairo, built in the 1930s, and follows several neighbors from different social classes: a young man who dreams of becoming a policeman, a journalist, a nostalgic aristocrat, an unscrupulous businessman and a young woman looking for work. The author portrays their contradictions and the forces that oppress them, such as political corruption, the rise of Islamism, inequalities and the lack of freedom.
It is a novel in French, translated from Arabic by Gilles Gauthier. The original Arabic title is «ʿImārat Yaʿqūbīān». It was awarded the Euskadi Prize for Literature in 2012.
For those who enjoy contemporary realist novels that explore Egyptian society and readers interested in translated Arabic literature.
