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Title: The Queue
Author: Basma Abdel Aziz, Elisabeth Jaquette - translator
Narrator: Mark Bramhall
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-12-16
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Winner of the English PEN Translation Award
In a surreal but familiar vision of modern-day Egypt, a centralized authority known as the Gate has risen to power in the aftermath of the Disgraceful Events, a failed popular uprising. Citizens are required to obtain permission from the Gate in order to take care of even the most basic of their daily affairs, yet the Gate never opens, and the queue in front of it grows longer.
Citizens from all walks of life mix and wait in the sun: a revolutionary journalist, a sheikh, a poor woman concerned for her daughter's health, and even the brother of a security officer killed in clashes with protestors. Among them is Yehia, a man who was shot during the Events and is waiting for permission from the Gate to remove a bullet that remains lodged in his pelvis. Yehia's health steadily declines, yet at every turn officials refuse to assist him, actively denying the very existence of the bullet.
Ultimately it is Tarek, the principled doctor tending to Yehia's case, who must decide whether to follow protocol as he has always done or to disobey the law and risk his career to operate on Yehia and save his life.
Written with dark, subtle humor, The Queue describes the sinister nature of authoritarianism and illuminates the way that absolute authority manipulates information, mobilizes others in service to it, and fails to uphold the rights of even those faithful to it.
Members Reviews:
Did not really have an ending! Just started out ...
Did not really have an ending! Just started out dreary and then stopped before any subplots reached conclusions. Rather frustrating.
Absolutely intriguing
This book is an amazing treasury of the nerves feelings and trepidation that we all feel about governance in intrusive countries. I cannot believe that the author was able to touch this nerve exactly. Very thoughtful and an excellent read. Thanks for writing this. I will recommend this book for my children.
Deeply real.
Powerful. This will make you think about your life.
Five Stars
A stark warning about authoritarianism, written in a quiet, chilling tone.
Four Stars
A reminder that all is possible - good or evil.
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Title: The Queue
Author: Basma Abdel Aziz, Elisabeth Jaquette - translator
Narrator: Mark Bramhall
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-12-16
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Winner of the English PEN Translation Award
In a surreal but familiar vision of modern-day Egypt, a centralized authority known as the Gate has risen to power in the aftermath of the Disgraceful Events, a failed popular uprising. Citizens are required to obtain permission from the Gate in order to take care of even the most basic of their daily affairs, yet the Gate never opens, and the queue in front of it grows longer.
Citizens from all walks of life mix and wait in the sun: a revolutionary journalist, a sheikh, a poor woman concerned for her daughter's health, and even the brother of a security officer killed in clashes with protestors. Among them is Yehia, a man who was shot during the Events and is waiting for permission from the Gate to remove a bullet that remains lodged in his pelvis. Yehia's health steadily declines, yet at every turn officials refuse to assist him, actively denying the very existence of the bullet.
Ultimately it is Tarek, the principled doctor tending to Yehia's case, who must decide whether to follow protocol as he has always done or to disobey the law and risk his career to operate on Yehia and save his life.
Written with dark, subtle humor, The Queue describes the sinister nature of authoritarianism and illuminates the way that absolute authority manipulates information, mobilizes others in service to it, and fails to uphold the rights of even those faithful to it.
Members Reviews:
Did not really have an ending! Just started out ...
Did not really have an ending! Just started out dreary and then stopped before any subplots reached conclusions. Rather frustrating.
Absolutely intriguing
This book is an amazing treasury of the nerves feelings and trepidation that we all feel about governance in intrusive countries. I cannot believe that the author was able to touch this nerve exactly. Very thoughtful and an excellent read. Thanks for writing this. I will recommend this book for my children.
Deeply real.
Powerful. This will make you think about your life.
Five Stars
A stark warning about authoritarianism, written in a quiet, chilling tone.
Four Stars
A reminder that all is possible - good or evil.