The Buried : An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
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A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist "Extraordinary...Sensitive and perceptive, Mr. Hessler is a superb literary archaeologist, one who handles what he sees with a bit of wonder that he gets to watch the history of this grand city unfold, one day at a time." --Wall Street Journal From the acclaimed author of River Town and Oracle Bones, an intimate excavation of life in one of the world's oldest civilizations at a time of convulsive change Drawn by a fascination with Egypt's rich history and culture, Peter Hessler moved with his wife and twin daughters to Cairo in 2011. He wanted to learn Arabic, explore Cairo's neighborhoods, and visit the legendary archaeological digs of Upper Egypt. After his years of covering China for The New Yorker, friends warned him Egypt would be a much quieter place. But not long before he arrived, the Egyptian Arab Spring had begun, and now the country was in chaos. In the midst of the revolution, Hessler often traveled to digs at Amarna and Abydos, where locals live beside the tombs of kings and courtiers, a landscape that they call simply al-Madfuna "the Buried." He and his wife set out to master Arabic, striking up a friendship with their instructor, a cynical political sophisticate. They also befriended Peter's translator, a gay man struggling to find happiness in Egypt's homophobic culture. A different kind of friendship was formed with the neighborhood garbage collector, an illiterate but highly perceptive man named Sayyid, whose access to the trash of Cairo would be its own kind of archaeological excavation. Hessler also met a family of Chinese small-business owners in the lingerie trade; their view of the country proved a bracing counterpoint to the West's conventional wisdom. Through the lives of these and other ordinary people in a time of tragedy and heartache, and through connections between contemporary Egypt and its ancient past, Hessler creates an astonishing portrait of a country and its people. What emerges is a book of uncompromising intelligence and humanity--the story of a land in which a weak state has collapsed but its underlying society remains in many ways painfully the same. A worthy successor to works like Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon and Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines, The Buried bids fair to be recognized as one of the great books of our time. show less
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Product details Format Hardback | 480 pages Dimensions 165 x 236 x 46mm | 726g Publication date 07 May 2019 Publisher Penguin Press Language English Illustrations note Illustrations, unspecified ISBN10 0525559566 ISBN13 9780525559566 Bestsellers rank 98,276
the buried an archaeology of the egyptian revolution the buried an archaeology of the egyptian revolution is mr. hesslers closely observed touching and at times amusing chronicle of this tumultuous time. drawing bothom daily life andom interviews with highly placed political figures the book is an extraordinary work of reportage on a par with anthony shadids night draws near 2005 . . .the buried an archaeology of the egyptian revolution by peter hessler is a marvelous story teller. the buried is about egyptian revolution archeology and politics but it is even more about people and their stories. all of hesslers previous books had been about china. he relished the a of an adventure in another country learning another language.
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book review of the buried an archaeology of the egyptian in the buried hessler captures the postrevolution euphoria and then its aftermath most notably morsis removalom office at the hands of the army and his subsequent farcical trial.
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the buried an archaeology of the egyptian revolution in the midst of the revolution hessler often traveled to digs at amarna and abydos where locals live bes the tombs of kings and courtiers a landscape that they call simply almadfuna the buried. he and his wife set out to master arabic striking up aiendship with their instructor a cynical political sophisticate.
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