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Original title
  
سراب الليل.. العلكة

Cover artist
  
Luke Pajak

Language
  
English

Originally published
  
1 June 2014

Genre
  
Fiction

3.6/5
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Translator
  
Mona Zaki

Country
  
United Kingdom

Publication date
  
01 June 2014

Author
  
Mansour Bushnaf

Publisher
  
DARF Publishers

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Chewing Gum is the debut novel of Libyan writer Mansour Bushnaf, first published in Arabic 2008 in Cairo. It was banned by Gaddafi regime in Libya. It was first published in English in 2014 by DARF Publishers with a translation by Mona Zaki.

Contents

Plot summary

The novel centres around Mukhtar, a young Libyan man who stands frozen for ten years like a statue in the middle of public park in Libyan capital Tripoli after he was abandoned by his lover, the young and promiscuous Fatma. While the country is gripped with a chewing gum craze, different Libyan professors that just came from their studies abroad try to rediscover the country and suggest different theories to explain a society gripped with chewing gum and consumerism.

Characters

  • Mukhtar - The Hero
  • Fatma - The Heroine
  • Omar Effendi - Mukhtar's Father
  • Ghouiliya - A Prostitute
  • Rahma - MuKhtar's Mother
  • Uthman - Rahma's Friend

    • Reviews

  • Winstonsdad's Review of Mansour Bushanf's Chewing Gum, Winstonsdad's Blog, May 19, 2014
  • Bookshy Review of Mansour Bushnaf's Chewing Gum, Bookshy An African Book Lover blog, July 3, 2014
  • Nahla Ink Review of Mansour Bushnaf's Chewing Gum, Nahla Ink Blog, July 15, 2014
  • Ramblings of an Elfpire Review of Chewing Gum By Mansour Bushnaf, Ramblings of an Elfpire, September 30, 2014
  • By the Book Reviews on Chewing Gum by Mansour Bushnaf, By the Book Reviews, November 1, 2014

    • References

    Chewing Gum (novel) Wikipedia
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