Book Discussion: ‘Slipping’ by Mohamed Kheir
Join MENAWAPoco’s book club discussion on Mohamed Kheir’s ‘Slipping’.
Slipping
Friday Finds: An Excerpt of Mohamed Kheir’s ‘Slipping’
“Where the corniche wall ran out, a great tree hooped over to drink from the river. Beyond the tree there was nothing: nothing between us and the water. “
The Two Egyptian Novels Available in Translation This Month
Two very different Egyptian novels appear in translation this month: They are Sonallah Ibrahim’s “provocative masterpiece” Warda, translated by Hosam aboul-Ela and Mohamed Kheir’s “musical and parabolic” Slipping, translated by Robin Moger.