That Smell and Notes from Prison

That Smell is Sonallah Ibrahim’s modernist masterpiece and one of the most influential Arabic novels. Composed in the wake of a five-year prison sentence, the semi-autobiographical story follows a recently released political prisoner as he wanders through Cairo, adrift in his native city.

Acel miros este capodopera modernista a lui Sonallah Ibrahim si unul dintre cele mai influente romane arabe. Compusa in urma unei pedepse de cinci ani de inchisoare, povestea semi-autobiografica urmareste un detinut politic recent eliberat in timp ce rataceste prin Cairo, in deriva in orasul sau natal.