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The Emperors' Notebook

By ممدوح حمادة

Published by MAMDOUH ADWAN PUBLISHING HOUSE · 2016

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Written between 1987 and 2013 under the pressure of authoritarian rule, these stories share the symbolic atmosphere of an empire and an emperor whose meaning requires little explanation. Many were refused publication when first written, including ‘The Smell’, because censorship had turned writers into unpaid wardens over their own thoughts. With dark humour and allegorical precision, The Emperors’ Notebook records a public burden that everyone recognised even when only a few could name it aloud.

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