Скачать книгу (размер 417Kb , формат fb2) Жанр : Современная проза , Язык : en Аннотация: Laziness in the Fertile Valley is Albert Cossery s biting social satire about a father, his three sons, and their uncle — slackers one and all. One brother has been sleeping for almost seven years, waking only to use …

Скачать книгу (размер 524Kb , формат fb2) Жанр : Современная проза , Язык : en Аннотация: Early in «Proud Beggars,» a brutal and motiveless murder is committed in a Cairo brothel. But the real mystery at the heart of Albert Cossery s wry black comedy is not the cause of this death but the paradoxical …

Скачать книгу (размер 494Kb , формат fb2) Жанр : Современная проза , Язык : en Аннотация: Who are the jokers? The jokers are the government, and the biggest joker of all is the governor, a bug-eyed, strutting, rapacious character of unequaled incompetence who presides over the nameless Middle Eastern city where this effervescent comedy by …