Rhadopis of Nubia. Most clearly I remember the scene where the family patriarch, upright, moral and dignified to his own family, 'marries' a prostitute and has a raucous party with his cronies. I am somewhat at a loss to know how to review this work, as I think that to really understand it, you need to know something about Egyptian history and Islamic culture. To her left, the street appeared narrow and twisting. She woke up at midnight to await her husband's return from his evening's entertainment.
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