Specters The self before the Roman tourist hordes

before the Roman tourist hordes arrive

disaffected revolutionaries

' Adele

the author has painted a vivid picture of life in ancient Egypt between 570 and 534 bce

Specters The self before the Roman tourist hordesRadwa AshourSpecters tells the story of Radwa and Shagar, two women born the same day. The narrative alternates between their childhoods, their days at work, their married and unmarried lives, and the two books they are writing, both called Specters. This lively metafictional novel is a mix of genres: part autobiography, part oral history, part documentary, part fiction. As the narrative moves back and forth between Radwas novel Specters and Shagars