Shelf life : chronicles of a Cairo bookseller /

Shelf life : chronicles of a Cairo bookseller /

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Author / Creator:	Wassef, Nadia, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. ©2021
Description:	224 pages ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Wassef, Nadia. Diwan (Bookstore : Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt) Booksellers and bookselling -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Biography. Bookstores -- Egypt -- Cairo. Booksellers and bookselling. Bookstores. Egypt -- Cairo. Biographies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12638546

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ISBN:	9780374600181 037460018X
Summary:	"The warm and winning story of starting a bookstore where there were none, Shelf Life recounts Nadia Wassef's troubles and triumphs as founder and manager of Cairo-based Diwan"-- Cairo, 2002. with her sister, Hind, and their friend, Nihal, Wassef founded Diwan, a fiercely independent bookstore. They were three young women with no business degrees, no formal training, and nothing to lose. At the time, culture was languishing under government mismanagement, and books were considered a luxury, not a necessity. Ten years later, Diwan had become a rousing success, with ten locations, 150 employees, and a fervent fan base. Here she tells the story of this journey, her impassioned regulars, and the many people, who said Diwan would never work. -- adapted from jacket

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Call Number:	Z466.E43 W37 2021
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