What I know about you / by Éric Chacour ; translated by Pablo Strauss.
"A heartbreaking tale of a family and an impossible love, torn apart by secrets and traditions in late-twentieth-century Cairo. In a tight-knit Levantine Christian family in 1960s Cairo, Tarek's entire life is written in advance. He'll be a doctor like his father, marry, and have children. Under the watchful eye of the family's strong women, he starts to do just that - until a patient's son, Ali, enters his life and turns it upside down. The two men's unsayable relationship sparks a series of events as dramatic as the Six-Day War and assassination of President Anwar Sadat playing out in the background. The turn of the millennium finds Tarek living as a doctor in Montreal. Someone is writing about him and to him, piecing together a past he wants only to forget. But who is the writer of this tale? And will Tarek figure it out in time? From Cairo's grand boulevards and hidden alleys to Montreal's grim winter, from the reign of Nasser to the early 2000s, What I Know About You tells the heartbreaking story of a family torn apart by an epic love. A bestseller in its original Quebec edition, and the recipient of several awards, including the Prix Femina, What I Know About You is poised to be an international sensation."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781552454855 (softcover)
- ISBN: 1552454851 (softcover)
- Physical Description: 227 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First English-language edition.
- Publisher: Toronto : Coach House Books, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
General Note: | Translation of: Ce que je sais de toi. "Originally published in French by Les Éditions Alto as Ce que je sais de toi by Éric Chacour." |
Language Note: | In English, translated from the French. |
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Subject: | Gay men > Fiction. Young men > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Cairo (Egypt) > Fiction. Montréal (Québec) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Gay fiction. Historical fiction. |
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Erlanger Branch | CHACO E (Text) | 33126026810311 | New Adult Fiction | Available | - |