Anatomy of a Disappearance, (Paperback)

from shirleybell

This is beautifully written and one to read every word slowly to appreciate the poetry of the language. Less is more.

from LizPhoto

The book "Anatomy of a Disappearance" is narrated by Nuri el- Alfi, a 12-year-old boy from Cairo in the early 1970's. Nuri comes from a family of wealth and prosperity. When his mother dies unexpectedly it leaves Nuri and his father Kamal, in a struggle to define their relationship without the bo...

from csayban

2.5 stars When a young arab boy, Nuri, loses his mother to illness, he and his dissident father must emotionally support each other in their apartment in Cairo. However, bikini-clad Mona arrives in their lives, and Nuri must watch as his advances go unnoticed and she falls in love with his father...

from shadowofthewind

Parents are like gods to their children, immortal. However, when they die, or in this case disappear, it leaves a gaping hole. Nuri is 12 when his mother dies. Only a few years later, his father disappears. At such a young age, it is difficult, if not impossible to reconstruct who his parents wer...

from kidzdoc

This novel is narrated by Nuri el-Alfi, a 12 year old boy from Cairo on vacation in Alexandria in the early 1970s with his father Kamal, a ex-minister who has fallen out of favor with the current Egyptian government and is engaged in dissident activities against it. Nuri's mother has recently and...