Red like orange : a novel / by Charles Akl ; translated by Sarah Enany.
"Following a breakup with his long-term girlfriend, "Local," as he is known to his friends, moves from Alexandria to Cairo. In his new apartment, he discovers an old accordion, while his roommate unexpectedly decides to take up the saxophone, despite never having touched one before. And so, in the blistering summer heat, the two of them, without any formal training, dive into their first musical experiment: they put his mother's cookbook to music. Along with an eccentric assortment of acquaintances and occasional bandmates, Local crashes through his twenties and in and out of Cairo hangouts, heated debates on different music scenes, and various impromptu jam sessions and attempts at musical production. This is a raucous journey through offbeat downtown Cairo in the early 2000s and the music of the era, from Mohamed Mounir to Pink Floyd. Suffused with a sardonic humor and full of hilarious observations, Red Like Orange vividly chronicles life lived just outside the mainstream."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781649035189
- ISBN: 1649035187
- ISBN: 9781649035172
- ISBN: 1649035179
- Physical Description: 315 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Cairo ; Hoopoe/The American University in Cairo Press, 2026.
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