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Chronicle of a Last Summer follows a Cairo native from childhood through adulthood as Egypt transforms around her. Set in the blistering summer of 1984, the novel portrays a sprawling family home, faint whispers of political change, and a silent longing for lost loved ones. Over three decades, the narrator evolves from a six‑year‑old observer to a college student pursuing filmmaking, then to a writer in the post‑Revolution era, all while confronting the silences that shape her identity. The story maps the city’s shifting realities and the personal costs of survival and complicity amid Egypt’s turbulent history.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Yasmine El Rashidi
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