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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).
Set against the background of what was then the world most
cosmopolitan city; "Memories of Alexandria" tell 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 in incessantly back and forth, embracing, like lively
journey, past resent and future, portraying historical accounts and
people from all walks of life with a philosophical and cynical
approach to the scheming and false values of our time - 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 the country by unforeseen and tragic
circumstances. The writing is sincere, cynical, ironic, candid,
spicy, harsh, bold and desperate. In 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 of business, mainly in the tourist
industry. He lives in Madrid and Cabezon de la Sal (Cantabria).
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