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A heartbreaking tale of a family and an impossible love, torn apart by secrets and traditions in late-twentieth-century Cairo. In…
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. The 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? From Cairo's grand boulevards and hidden alleys to Montreal's grim winter, from the reign of Nasser to the early 2000s, What I Know About You tells the heartbreaking story of a family torn apart by an epic love. "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, What I Know About You examines the terrible costs of family secrets and toxic shame." ́ Suzette Mayr, author of The Sleeping Car Porter. A bestseller in its original Quebec edition, and the recipient of several awards, including the Prix Femina, What I Know About You is poised to be an international sensation.
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Dans le Caire des années 1980, un jeune médecin suit un destin tracé pour lui. Entre son dispensaire et le…
prestigieux cabinet hérité de son père, Tarek n'a que peu de place pour se poser des questions. Mais la rencontre d'un être que tout semble éloigner de lui mettra en péril son mariage, sa carrière et son cœur, ne lui laissant plus d'autre choix que l'exil. De la communauté levantine d'Égypte aux hivers montréalais, du règne de Nasser jusqu'à l'aube des années 2000, Tarek fuit, erre, et se souvient. Mais sait-il qu'à plusieurs milliers de kilomètres, quelqu'un raccommode les lambeaux de son histoire et tente de remonter, chapitre après chapitre, le cours de sa vie ? Récit d'une absence et d'une réconciliation, Ce que je sais de toi brosse avec délicatesse, humour et sensibilité le portrait d'un clan déchiré et d'une société en pleine transformation. Ce premier roman d'Éric Chacour révèle un auteur à la langue ciselée, à l'esprit lumineux, habité par une compréhension profonde de la nature humaine. Un livre qui embaume l'ail, l'anis et les secrets de famille
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A heartbreaking tale of a family and an impossible love, torn apart by secrets and traditions in late-twentieth-century Cairo. As…
a boy in 1960s Cairo, Tarek knows that his entire life is written in advance. He'll be a doctor like his father, marry, and have children. Under the watchful eyes of his mother and his sister, he starts to do just that – until Ali enters his life and turns it upside down. The two men, from very different worlds, embark on an unsayable relationship that threatens to tear apart Tarek's family. Years later, as Tarek is living a solitary life in Montreal, someone starts 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 he figure it out in time?