The Arab existence ’s most prolific and best - selling science fable source , Ahmed Khaled Taufiq , will finally look in English , thanks to Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing . In autumn 2011 , we ’ll get an English edition of Taufiq ’s novel Utopia , which is n’t really utopian .
According to The Tanjara :
BQFP describes Utopia as a macabre futurist account of Egyptian society in 2023 which assume readers on an adventurous journeying that guess out of the gated communities insulating the loaded from the bare realities of Egyptian life . “ A young serviceman and a young female child break away from the idyllic bubble of richness they know , and delve into the rough existence of the necessitous Egyptians that survive aright outside the fortified gates of their compounds . Utopia ’s twist and bout will certainly entrust reviewer in suspense until the very last page . ”
Since its release in 2008 , Tawfiq ’s novel has enjoyed wide acclaim and was reprint three time to fulfill the overwhelming demand of Arab readers . “ With over 200 published statute title , Tawfiq has perfected the art of repugnance and scientific discipline fiction ” BQFP says . It cites praise from the famed Egyptian writer Alaa Al Aswany who dubs Utopia “ a marvelous novel , a real accession to Arab literature . ”
BQFP is a joint venture between Bloomsbury Publishing and the Qatar Foundation . [ The Tanjara ]
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