Set against the background of what was then the world's most
cosmopolitan city this revised and expanded edition of "Memories of
Alexandria" tells the story of a Spanish-Egyptian family from the
years immediately after the Spanish Civil War to Egypt's decades of
revolution, unrest and conflict between the late forties and the
mid-sixties. The story line runs incessantly back and forth,
embracing, like a lively journey, past and future, portraying
historical accounts and colourful, three dimensional characters
from all walks of life with a philosophical, cynical and cranky
approach to the distressingly phoney values of man - and the
uselessness of it all. It is also the story of the "uprooted,"
those Egyptian Khawagat (foreigners) who, after revolution and
wars, were forced out of a country they thought was theirs by
unforeseen and tragic circumstances. The writing is sincere,
cynical, eccentric, ironic, candid, sexy, bold, crude and
desperate. In a nutshell, "Memories of Alexandria" - From a void to
nothingness - is a surrealistic, philosophical story of bygone
times. Ricardo Wahby Tapia is now retired after forty years in
business, mainly in the tourist industry. He lives in Madrid and
Cabezon de la Sal (Cantabria).
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