{"product_id":"9781787703179-the-italian","title":"The Italian","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn emblematic story of the shipwreck of the Arab Spring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn emblematic story of the shipwreck of the Arab Spring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt his father’s funeral, to the great consternation of all present, Abdel Nasser beats the imam who is celebrating the funeral rite. The narrator, a childhood friend of the protagonist, retraces the story of “the Italian” from his days as a free and rebellious adolescent spirit to the leader of a student movement and then affirmed journalist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose were crucial years in Tunisia, years of great tension, change, and repression. Against this background full of revolutionary ferments stands the tormented love story between Abdel Nasser and Zeina, a brilliant and beautiful philosophy student. Their dreams will unfortunately end up being wrecked under the ruthless gears of a corrupt and chauvinist society. Abdel Nasser’s transformation from a young idealist with high hopes to a successful, but disillusioned and tired journalist is masterfully narrated in a stream of stories, digressions and flashbacks in which the narrative tension is always high.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2015 International Prize for Arabic Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535956255094,"sku":"9781787703179","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36337598.jpg?v=1774283517","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781787703179-the-italian","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}