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Mansi, A Rare Man in His Own Way

4/5 ( ratings)

With humour, wit and erudite poetic insights, Salih shows another side in this affectionate memoir of his exuberant and irrepressible friend Mansi Yousif Bastawrous, sometimes known as Michael Joseph and sometimes as Ahmed Mansi Yousif. Playing Hardy to Salih’s Laurel Mansi takes centre stage among memorable 20th-century arts and political figures, including Samuel Beckett, Margot Fonteyn, Omar Sharif, Arnold Toynbee, Richard Crossman and even the Queen, but always with Salih’s poet “Master” al-Mutanabbi ready with an adroit comment. The book’s translator, Adil Babikir, said that this nonfictional work provides a glimpse of Salih’s real life, “without the usual camouflage of the fiction writer.”

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Banipal Books

Release: April 27, 2020

Mansi, A Rare Man in His Own Way

4/5 ( ratings)

With humour, wit and erudite poetic insights, Salih shows another side in this affectionate memoir of his exuberant and irrepressible friend Mansi Yousif Bastawrous, sometimes known as Michael Joseph and sometimes as Ahmed Mansi Yousif. Playing Hardy to Salih’s Laurel Mansi takes centre stage among memorable 20th-century arts and political figures, including Samuel Beckett, Margot Fonteyn, Omar Sharif, Arnold Toynbee, Richard Crossman and even the Queen, but always with Salih’s poet “Master” al-Mutanabbi ready with an adroit comment. The book’s translator, Adil Babikir, said that this nonfictional work provides a glimpse of Salih’s real life, “without the usual camouflage of the fiction writer.”

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Banipal Books

Release: April 27, 2020

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