Stealth

Title: Stealth
Author: Sonallah Ibrahim
ISBN: 9780811223058
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 2014
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 224
Section: Fiction | Family Life | General
Publisher Description: Set in the turbulent years before the 1952 revolution that would overthrow King Farouk and bring Gamal Abdel Nasser to power, Stealth -- by Sonallah Ibrahim, one of Egypt's most respected and uncompromising novelists -- is a gripping story seen through the eyes of an eleven-year-old boy. A young Egyptian's coming of age proves halting and uncertain as he fails to outgrow dependence on his aging father and tries to come to terms with the absence of his mother. Through the boy's memories, fantasies, and blunt observations, we experience his attempts at furtively spying on the world of Egyptian adults. His adventures portray a Cairo full of movie stars, royalty, revolutionaries, and ordinary people trying to survive in the decaying city.