{"product_id":"the-queue-by-basma-abdel-aziz-author","title":"The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz (Author)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Weird and wild.” —BookRiot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An effective critique of authoritarianism.” —NPR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Equal parts dystopia, satire, and allegory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet against the backdrop of a failed political uprising in Egypt, this chilling debut evokes Orwellian dystopia, Kafkaesque surrealism, and a very real vision of life after the Arab Spring.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a surreal, but familiar, vision of modern day Egypt, a centralized authority known as ‘the Gate’ has risen to power in the aftermath of the ‘Disgraceful Events,’ a failed popular uprising. Citizens are required to obtain permission from the Gate in order to take care of even the most basic of their daily affairs, yet the Gate never opens, and the queue in front of it grows longer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BookBeen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52079978643765,"sku":null,"price":555.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":52079978676533,"sku":null,"price":1155.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/1731\/5125\/files\/BOOKBEEN-2025-12-20T172656.835.png?v=1766233675","url":"https:\/\/bookbeen.com\/products\/the-queue-by-basma-abdel-aziz-author","provider":"Bookbeen","version":"1.0","type":"link"}