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METRO A Story of Cairo
By Magdy El Shafee, Translated by Chip Rossetti |
At once a thriller, love story, and political cri-de-coeur, METRO, as relevant as today's headlines, is a brilliant and prescient portrait of a society on the brink of eruption and of a country that remains-even now-in the grip of corruption and an oppressive regime.
Created by Magdy El Shafee-once honored by UNESCO for his comic series "Yasmina and Amina" and then subjected to a lengthy trial for this now-banned graphic novel-METRO follows one young man with nothing left to lose. The story sounds a cry for a better, freer, less corrupt present-day society. The author's pulsing and provocative graphic style bring the streets of Cairo alive, depicting a complex world full of pleasure and violence, beauty and corruption with indelible vividness..
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Praise for Metro
"There are twists and turns, murders and shadowy conspiracies... The Byzantine plot is saturated with a political commentary on the state of today's Egypt, depicted as a deeply dysfunctional country whose citizens take government corruption and repression as a given." -The National (Abu Dhabi)
"A visual record of the zeitgeist, filled with poverty, sexual frustration, corruption, and abuse... Part thriller, part love story, part socio-political commentary." -Daily News Egypt |
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