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008    211018s2022    nyu    e      000 1 eng   
010      2021051201 
020    9781635420647|q(paperback) 
040    DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dNjBwBT|dUtOrBLW 
041 1  eng|hfre 
042    pcc 
082 00 843/.92|223/eng/20220131 
092    |fF|aLEFTAH 
100 1  Leftah, Mohamed,|eauthor. 
245 10 Captain Ni'mat's last battle /|cMohamed Leftah ; 
       translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud. 
246 3  Captain Ni amat's last battle 
264  1 New York :|bOther Press,|c[2022] 
300    144 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "Originally published in French as Le dernier combat du 
       captain Ni'mat in 2011 by Éditions de la Différence, Paris
       , and reprinted in 2020 by La Croisée des chemins, 
       Casablanca"--Title page verso. 
520    "First published after the author's death in 2008, this 
       provocative novel charts the late-in-life sexual awakening
       of a retired army officer who embarks on a dangerous 
       affair with a male servant. Captain Ni'mat, a reservist 
       from the Egyptian army defeated by the Israelis in 1967, 
       finds himself aging and idle, spending his days at a 
       luxurious private club in Cairo with former comrades. One 
       night, Captain Ni'mat has an exquisite, chilling dream: he
       sees pure beauty in the form of his Nubian valet. Awakened
       by these searing images, he slips into the cabin where the
       young man sleeps. The vision of his naked body so deeply 
       disturbs Captain Ni'mat that his monotonous existence is 
       suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to his wife, he 
       comes to know physical love with his valet. In a country 
       where religious fundamentalism grows increasingly 
       prevalent every day, this forbidden passion will lead him 
       to the height of happiness, at least for a time"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Gay military personnel|vFiction. 
650  0 Adultery|vFiction. 
655  7 Gay fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Novels.|2lcgft 
700 1  Vergnaud, Lara,|etranslator. 
730 0  Dernier combat du captain Ni'mat.|lEnglish.