{"product_id":"the-diaries-of-waguih-ghali-volume-2-an-egyptian-writer-in-the-swinging-sixties-1966-68-9789774168123","title":"The Diaries of Waguih Ghali, Volume 2: An Egyptian Writer in the Swinging Sixties: 1966-68","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): May Hawas\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: American University in Cairo Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: American University in Cairo Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe captivating diaries of an Egyptian political exile, novelist, and libertine intellectual in sixties Europe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1968 Egyptian novelist and political exile Waguih Ghali committed suicide in the London flat of his editor, friend, and sometime lover, Diana Athill. Ghali left behind six notebooks of diaries that for decades were largely inaccessible to the public. \u003cem\u003eThe Diaries of Waguih Ghali: An Egyptian in the Swinging Sixties\u003c\/em\u003e, in two volumes, is the first publication of its kind of the journals, casting fascinating light on a likable and highly enigmatic literary personality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWaguih Ghali (1930?-69), author of the acclaimed novel \u003cem\u003eBeer in the Snooker Club\u003c\/em\u003e, was a libertine, sponger, and manic depressive, but also an extraordinary writer, a pacifist, and a savvy political commentator. Covering the last four years of his life, Ghali's Diaries offer an exciting glimpse into London's swinging sixties. Volume 2 covers the period from 1966 to 1968. Moving from West Germany to London and Israel, and back in memory to Egypt and Paris, the entries boast of endless drinking, countless love affairs, and of mingling with the dazzling intellectuals of London, but the Diaries also critique the sinister political circles of Jerusalem and Cairo, describe Ghali's trepidation at being the first Egyptian allowed into Israel after the 1967 War, and confess in detail the pain and difficulties of writing and exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluding an interview conducted by Deborah Starr with Ghali's cousin, former director of UNICEF-Geneva, Samir Basta.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American University in Cairo Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47890056216727,"sku":"9789774168123","price":2833.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789774168123.webp?v=1781178674","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-diaries-of-waguih-ghali-volume-2-an-egyptian-writer-in-the-swinging-sixties-1966-68-9789774168123","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}