The Buried

Informationen zum Autor Peter Hessler is a staff writer at the New Yorker! where he served as Beijing correspondent from 2000-2007! and is also a contributing writer for National Geographic. He is the author of River Town! which won the Kiriyama Book Prize! Oracle Bones! which was a finalist for the National Book Award! Country Driving and Strange Stones. He won the 2008 National Magazine Award for excellence in reporting. Klappentext Life in one of the world's oldest civilisations is considered in relation to the contemporary nature of an Egypt in flux since the revolution of 2011, focusing on the collision between post-revolution everyday life and archaeological features of the ancient world. Zusammenfassung 'Tenacious! revelatory! and humane.' - Paul Theroux'The Buried is the kind of book that you don't want to end and won't forget. With the eye of a great storyteller Peter Hessler weaves together history! reporting! memoir! and above all the lives of ordinary people in a beautiful and haunting portrait of Egypt and its Revolution.' - Ben RhodesIn 2011! the world's eyes were on Egypt! as revolution swept across the country. But what lay below the surface of events was harder to see. Living in Cairo! over the following years award-winning writer Peter Hessler set out to uncover the everyday lives and archaeological secrets of a country in turmoil. From the protests in Tahrir square! to Egypt's first democratic elections! and on to the massacres! the coup and its aftermath! The Buried follows the ongoing events of the Arab Spring while also exploring the social forces and historical context behind it. At its heart lies human stories: iconoclastic Pharaoh Akhenaten! rubbish collector Sayyid! Arabic teacher Rifaat! Chinese lingerie salesmen and resourceful archaeologists. Together! they raise the question: is revolution just repetition! or can things really change? Through extraordinary first-hand reporting and deep research! Hessler brings to light the relationship between the ancient past and the contemporary condition! the political and the personal! to create an unforgettable work of literary and documentary brilliance. ...

Préface
An intimate excavation of life in one of the world's oldest civilizations at a time of convulsive change

Auteur
Peter Hessler is a staff writer at the New Yorker, where he served as Beijing correspondent from 2000-2007, and is also a contributing writer for National Geographic. He is the author of River Town, which won the Kiriyama Book Prize, Oracle Bones, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, Country Driving and Strange Stones. He won the 2008 National Magazine Award for excellence in reporting.

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Life in one of the world's oldest civilisations is considered in relation to the contemporary nature of an Egypt in flux since the revolution of 2011, focusing on the collision between post-revolution everyday life and archaeological features of the ancient world.

Résumé
'Tenacious, revelatory, and humane.' - Paul Theroux 'The Buried is the kind of book that you don't want to end and won't forget. With the eye of a great storyteller Peter Hessler weaves together history, reporting, memoir, and above all the lives of ordinary people in a beautiful and haunting portrait of Egypt and its Revolution.' - Ben Rhodes In 2011, the world's eyes were on Egypt, as revolution swept across the country. But what lay below the surface of events was harder to see. Living in Cairo, over the following years award-winning writer Peter Hessler set out to uncover the everyday lives and archaeological secrets of a country in turmoil. From the protests in Tahrir square, to Egypt's first democratic elections, and on to the massacres, the coup and its aftermath, The Buried follows the ongoing events of the Arab Spring while also exploring the social forces and historical context behind it. At its heart lies human stories: iconoclastic Pharaoh Akhenaten, rubbish collector Sayyid, Arabic teacher Rifaat, Chinese lingerie salesmen and resourceful archaeologists. Together, they raise the question: is revolution just repetition, or can things really change? Through extraordinary first-hand reporting and deep research, Hessler brings to light the relationship between the ancient past and the contemporary condition, the political and the personal, to create an unforgettable work of literary and documentary brilliance.