Description
In a dystopian vision of Egypt in 2023, the wealthy have isolated themselves in Utopia, a fortified enclave on the northern coast guarded by American Marines, where they indulge in forbidden pleasures while the impoverished masses struggle for survival outside its walls, lacking electricity, sanitation, and medical care. When the narrator and his companion Germinal venture beyond Utopia's boundaries in search of excitement and human prey, they set in motion events that threaten to shatter the fragile equilibrium of this divided society. Ahmed Khaled Tawfik crafts a chilling speculative narrative that reads less like fiction and more like a harrowing dispatch from an all-too-plausible near future, blurring the line between imagination and prophecy. With the urgency of apocalyptic warnings, this provocative novel explores themes of class division, moral decay, and the inevitable consequences of unchecked inequality. Tawfik's unflinching prose and detached perspective force readers to confront uncomfortable truths about power, privilege, and the fragility of civilization itself.
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paperback
Dār Mīrīt
Published Jan 1, 2008
192 pages
ISBN: 9789773513917
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Details
First Published
2008
Language
ara
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for يوتوبيا by أحمد خالد توفيق.