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Contemporary, spare, classical in form and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Omar El Akkad
- First published
- 2025
- Pages
- 187
- Publisher
- Feltrinelli, Knopf Publishing Group
- Editions
- 2
- ISBN
- 9780593804148
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