{"product_id":"what-i-know-about-you-ric-chacour-paperback","title":"What I Know about You -- Éric Chacour, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 PRIX PREMI?RE PLUME\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE 2024 PRIX DES CINQ CONTINENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heartbreaking tale of a family and an impossible love, torn apart by secrets and traditions in late-twentieth-century Cairo.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a tight-knit Levantine Christian family in 1960s Cairo, Tarek's entire life is written in advance. He'll be a doctor like his father, marry, and have children. Under the watchful eye of the family's strong women, he starts to do just that - until a patient's son, Ali, enters his life and turns it upside down. The two men's unsayable relationship sparks a series of events as dramatic as the Six-Day War and assassination of President Anwar Sadat playing out in the background.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe turn of the millennium finds Tarek living as a doctor in Montreal. Someone is writing about him and to him, piecing together a past he wants only to forget. But who is the writer of this tale? And will Tarek figure it out in time?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Cairo's grand boulevards and hidden alleys to Montreal's grim winter, from the reign of Nasser to the early 2000s, \u003ci\u003eWhat I Know About You\u003c\/i\u003e tells the heartbreaking story of a family torn apart by an epic love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bestseller in its original French edition, and the recipient of several awards, including the Prix Femina, \u003ci\u003eWhat I Know About You\u003c\/i\u003e is poised to be an international sensation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This novel is a searing love story that moves between Egypt and Montr?al, that shifts between hearts, highlighting the sacrifices the characters feel they have to make for the ones they love. Romantic, surprising, mesmerizing, and so devastating, \u003ci\u003eWhat I Know About You\u003c\/i\u003e examines the terrible costs of family secrets and toxic shame.\" \u003cb\u003e- Suzette Mayr, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sleeping Car Porter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Éric Chacour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552454855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2024 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Montreal to Egyptian parents, Éric Chacour shared his life between France and Quebec. A graduate in applied economics and international relations, he now works in the financial sector. \u003ci\u003eWhat I Know About You\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePablo Strauss is the translator of twelve works of fiction, several graphic novels, and the screenplay of one feature film, \u003ci\u003eWhite Dog\u003c\/i\u003e (2022). He is a three-time finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for translation for \u003ci\u003eThe Country Will Bring Us No Peace\u003c\/i\u003e (Coach House Books, 2020), \u003ci\u003eSynapses\u003c\/i\u003e (Talonbooks, 2019), and \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Year\u003c\/i\u003e (House of Anansi, 2017). \u003ci\u003eThe Dishwasher\u003c\/i\u003e, his translation of Stéphane Larue's \u003ci\u003eLe plongeur\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2020 Amazon Canada First Novel Award. He has published essays, reviews, and translations in Granta, Geist, The Literary Review of Canada, The Globe and Mail and The Montreal Review of Books. Pablo grew up in Victoria, BC, and has made his home in Quebec City for fifteen years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éric Chacour","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45690192527588,"sku":"9781552454855","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781552454855.jpg?v=1728126584","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/what-i-know-about-you-ric-chacour-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}